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The Thought That Counts
for 4-7 year olds
Commissioned by barbicanbite05 and the Young Vic as part of Young Genius, a major season of work taking place at the Barbican – Autumn 2005. This production toured from February - April 2007.
| Directed by | Sue Buckmaster |
| in collaboration with | |
| Visual Artist | Sophia Clist |
| Digital Artist/Animator | Carl Stevenson |
| and | |
| Composer | Jonathan Cooper |
| Choreographer | Anna Williams |
| Dramaturg | Philippe Cherbonnier |
| Lighting Designer | Aideen Malone |
| Assistant Director | Liam Jarvis |
| Costume Supervisor | Lieutske Visser |
| Theatre-Rites Bursary Visual Artist | Namhee Kwon |
| Production Manager | Simon Sturgess |
| Stage Manager | Sabine Schmidt / Alistair Richardson Laurens, Emily Richardson Laurens, Alyssa Watts |
| Inflatable puppet and large sphere by | Peter Hamilton |
| Performers | Cristina Catalina, Matt Costain / James Daniel Wilson, Rrenford Fagan / Steven Lim, Zoot Lynam, Mohsen Nouri |
How big is a million? Is there a man in the moon? What colour is music? Can I touch light?
A child’s curiosity is endless. And asking questions is often more important than finding the answer.
The Thought That Counts is a playful and enchanting celebration for 4–7 year olds of how we learn through play. Taking its inspiration from the notion that a genius is someone who, like children, keeps asking questions, the show creates a magical world using theatre, dance, animated shapes, puppetry and video.