Some days you have to amuse yourself or you will lose the plot. Today was such a day but luckily it was saved by a fajita related injury, sellotape, a whiteboard pen and creative colleagues.
And lo, historical finger puppet theatre* was born! It’s fun and educational. Working with a history graduate and a history geek meant a good debate on which characters we would use while I made sure that women were not overlooked.
Our starting line up are:
Nefertiti
Julius Caesar
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Genghis Khan
Elizabeth I
Moctezuma II
George Washington
Napoleon Bonaparte
Emmeline Pankhurst
Winston Churchill
I think that’s a good starting point. There now needs to be felt characters made, a stage built, a script. That’s all before we move on to the difficult job of casting. The most fizzy thing is knowing your colleagues are wonderfully weird, fabulously creative and willing to share a tiny bit of their talent with you.
*we also do sensible lawyery stuff too.