 Every child in the school will make their own puppet |
Children from a Devon primary are hoping to set a new world record on Wednesday for the biggest amateur puppet show. 450 pupils from Cockington Primary School in Torquay will be taking part in order to smash the record, with a dramatisation based on an ancient Mayan myth.
The school children will be working with Totnes-based Far & Wide Puppets to dramatise the story of Hurican and the Feathered Snake.
The world record attempt at Torquay's Riviera Centre coincides with the school's art week.
From four-year-olds in reception to the 11-year-olds in year six, every child in the school will make their own puppet.
Their creations will range from shoals of fish to gigantic Mayan gods and from flocks of flamingos to meetings of mud people.
Far & Wide Puppets already hold the world record for the biggest puppet show.
It was set in 2002 with a cast of 242 children in Dorset.
Even bigger
But the Devon-based puppeteers could not resist the challenge to go for an even bigger record-breaking show on their home patch.
"It's going to be frighteningly big," said Tony Gee of Far & Wide Puppets.
"We start with nothing, the performance is all the kids' work, so it's quite a theatrical challenge."
"We are dealing with a cast of 450 children - just getting them on stage with their puppets is quite a big thing. "
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