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Rivet 'n' Tuft:
"The Plate Maker"
Synposis
The all powerful, wise and benevolent ‘Plate Maker’ makes plans for the people in a small rural community to find relief from the heavy toils of life by receiving gifts from his factory. After The factory is set up, the workers employed, trained and given the responsibility to see that their gifts, developed in the factory, are used for the benefit of those around, the Plate Masker leaves. The workers discover that there are risks involved in the giving and so they modify the intentions of the Plate Maker. In the end they become defensive, inbred and irrelevant to the community around. That is until... the Plate Maker returns!
How can you use this performance?
This story is designed to explore a number of themes. Here are some:
 | God’s perspective on the way things can work may be beyond our ability to comprehend. |
| When we pour ourselves into the gifts that we share there are risks, ie the possibility of rejection and misunderstanding. |
| God’s economies are vastly different from ours... His grace is extravagant! |
| We are called to risk sharing the gifts God has entrusted us with. |
While Grant and Trevor have many shows and workshops to offer schools, this particular Christmas story has been created with Religious Education and Christian Option programs in mind. To that end, the following bible passages fit rather well: Proverbs 3:5-7 and the parable of the vineyard, Mark 12:1-9.
The performance is suitable for a variety of contexts, including:
| Camps |
| Seminars |
| Church services |
| All ages in terms of storylines, 10 years and older in terms of themes. |
A number of questions are raised by the performance, including the following:
| In what way are we gifted people? |
| What risks could there be in acting out those gifts? |
| In what ways have we modified the intentions of God to suit our own comfort zone? |
| How can the ability to give gifts be "taken from us"? |
| What things stand between us as a Christian community and the people in the community around us? |
| How can we be relevant yet not compromise? |
What will you experience?
Plate spinning is used as the symbol for sharing gifts... sometimes they break! The whole audience makes sound effects for the story. Several individuals become involved in the story as characters and object. Lots of fun and a few circus skills!Requirements
| Minimum 4m by 4m area as well as centre isle... side isles would be great! |
| Whole program = 45 minutes (can be shorter in service type contexts) |
Other requirements should be discussed with Dramatic Solutions.
Teacher resources for school settings
This should be discussed with Dramatic Solutions directly.
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