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A matter of a small miracle

“How can we adapt a wordless book to theatre, while maintaining as closely as possible the quiet peacefulness of reading it?”
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Runaway Moon Theatre celebrates the Christmas season with an adaptation of Peter Collington’s illustrated story A Small Miracle

“How can we adapt a wordless book to theatre, while maintaining as closely as possible the quiet peacefulness of reading it?” asks Runaway Moon’s artistic director Cathy Stubington.

Runaway Moon’s adaptation of A Small Miracle, Peter Collington’s illustrated story about Christmas in a small city, has no words at all

In order to adapt the story that is set on a downtown street and capture the feeling of the cold, crisp air, Runaway Moon’s adaptation is set outside, on the main street of Enderby.

To keep the audience from getting too cold, the production has been set at the Marketplace IGA, with other scenes taking place at a few other Vernon Street locations before finishing up at the Seventh Day Adventist Church.

To keep from losing the audience along the way, a chorus of 24 community members will guide participants, and make sure they are safe as they cross the street from one scene to the next.

“How do we reflect the magical sense of tiny figures coming alive?” Stubington again asks?

“Runaway Moon’s puppets and masks bring the spectators into changes of scale and reality that remind us that miracles take place around us all the time!”

A Small Miracle runs at 7 p.m. Dec. 7, 12, 13 and 14 and at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 8,  14 and 15.