Cape-abilities is a wonderfully visual performance that explores difference and diversity and is full of positive messages aimed at building confidence in its pre-school audience.
Mike has just been given his super hero cape and now he needs his super hero power, but what is it? He can’t fly (although he loves trying and imagining he can). He’s not invisible. Maybe he could count to ten, backwards. It is with the help of the audience and his puppet friends that he discovers all sorts of abilities like, making children smile, helping other people and telling jokes.
With loads of encouragement from everyone around him Mike discovers his super hero, super power is his imagination.
Cape-abilities is a collaboration between brothers Michael and Thomas Bevitt. Mike is a performer, puppeteer and producer specializing in children’s theatre. He is also co-founder of Purple Capsicum Puppets. Tom lectures at the University of Canberra, specializing in Occupational Therapy and Early Childhood Learning. He is also currently completing his PHD. Together these two have devised Cape-abilities. Their aim is to encourage children to make friends and include others in their play and to show children that while everyone is different, everyone has many and diverse Cape-abilities.
Excellent. Performance combined “superhero” elements with everyday capabilities eg. putting on shoes, dancing and encouraged children to accept different levels of capabilities. The performer (Mike) was engaging and interacted with the children. He kept them entertained and enthusiastic.
Casey Cogger. The Avenue Children’s Centre. Balaclava. VIC. April 2019.
Mike was very creative. Our children were engaged the whole performance. They had loads of fun. Wonderful performance!! Our children were able to learn about difference and diversity. Mike was responding to the children’s questions and ideas while performing.
Irena Kosior. Early Learning Centre. Mernda. VIC. May 2019.
It was great. The children had fun and were engaged counting and singing. It was about self-abilities and how we apply them in our everyday life. So, so good. All the children enjoyed it.
Donna Micallef. Pelican Childcare Fairways. Craigieburn. Vic. September 2019.
Price: $5.50 per child ($5.00 + $0.50 GST) or $352 (GST Included) whichever is the greater.
Suitable: 2 to 6 year olds.
Times: Show: 45 minutes. Set up: 45 minutes. Pack up: 35 minutes.
Requires an indoor performing area 4m deep x 5m wide.
Purple Capsicum Puppets ABN: 11 270 164 579.
