Series
Theatre Magic
3 episodes
Theatre Magic is a three-part series from Esplanade's Offstage strand that introduces the technical elements of theatre through a friendly mascot named PIP. Each short episode takes up one backstage tool: Lights, Colours, Magic explores how a colour of stage light sets a mood, from red for danger to blue for sadness; Shadow Play turns a single lamp and everyday objects into shadows that grow, shrink, and change how a scene feels; and The Invisible Power of Sound reveals sound designers, soundboards, and Foley effects made from real objects. Every episode names the element on screen, shows it working on a real stage, and ends with a hands-on trick a class can try.
What Theatre Magic covers
3 episodes in the library, tagged for K–5th. Heaviest coverage: Theatre. Between them they line up with 4 distinct standards across 1 framework.
Episodes per grade
- K
- 1
- 1st
- 2
- 2nd
- 3
- 3rd
- 3
- 4th
- 3
- 5th
- 3
Episodes per subject
- Theatre
- 3
National Core Arts 4
- TH:Pr5.1.1bWith prompting and support, identify technical elements that can be used in a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).
- TH:Re9.1.4bInvestigate how technical elements may support a theme or idea in a drama/theatre work.
- TH:Re9.1.3bConsider and analyze technical elements from multiple drama/theatre works.
- TH:Re9.1.5bAssess how technical elements represent the theme of a drama/theatre work.
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