Every super hero has a cape and special abilities and every child has special Cape-abilities.
Curriculum Relevance:
Identity, Strengths, Resilience, Wellbeing, Creativity, Imagination, Problem Solving and Just For Fun!
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.
What other pre-schools have said about Cape-Abilities:
Fantastic Performance! Mike had the children’s full attention from the very beginning of the show. All the children were engaged for the length of the show, laughing and interacting, joining in songs and actions. Excellent! I would definitely book him again. The inclusive message of everyone is different and has differing strengths and abilities was wonderful.
Robyn Lawson. Goodstart Early Learning. New Gisborne. VIC.
Brilliant, Kind and Generous. Children of all ages were extremely engaged for the whole show. Mike was very gentle and caring towards a child, non-verbal, Autistic who loved Mike’s puppets. Thanks Mike! Excellent.
Alice Clarke. Violet Town and District Early Childhood Centre. Violet Town. VIC.
So, So Good. All the children enjoyed it. They engaged, singing, counting and having fun. An excellent show about self-abilities and how we apply these in our everyday life.
Donna Micallef. Pelican Childcare Fairways (G8). Craigieburn. VIC.
Price: $6.60 per child ($6.00 + $0.60 GST) or 435.60 ($396 + $39.60 GST) whichever is the greater.
Suitable: 2 to 6 year olds.
Times: Show: approximately 40 minutes. Set up: 30 minutes. Pack up: 30 minutes.
Requires: Indoor performance space: 3.5m deep by 4m wide by 2.6m high - larger if possible.