Theater
School Performance: Charlie's Kid
Pantomimteatern (Sweden)
Teach the infinite potential of wordless communication – and introduce students to the legacy of cinema’s greatest clown—with this award-winning theater work by one of Sweden’s leading children’s companies, based on Charlie Chaplin’s 1921 silent classic The Kid. Blending classic theater techniques with technological innovation, Pantomimteatern uses mime, half-mask, music, film projection, and an endlessly inventive set to channel Chaplin’s limitless creativity.
Leadership support for Swedish and Scandinavian programming at BAM provided by:
The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation
In-School Activity
Write your own five-line conversation between Charlie and the
kid. Then perform each of your short scenes with a partner, first
with words, then without.
COMMON CORE CONNECTION: W.1-4.8 / SL.1-4.1
Study Guide
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and simple for every production and screening, providing
specially-tailored teaching tools and lesson plans.
Preshow Workshop
BAM teaching artists visit your classroom for an engaging,
interactive workshop, providing your students with invaluable
information to deepen their understanding and experience of the
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