a human-like silhouette wearing a cap with arm outstretched towards an illuminated shape of a bird. There is netting effect in the background lit from behind

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Finders Keepers

Commissioned by Unicorn Theatre, London 2003.

Theatre-Rites used objects from Southwark’s Art and Museums Collection to inspire a magical look into the world of the museum.

The audience journeyed around an enchanted world whose strange inhabitants find and keep things. Things curious, things shiny and things that other people throw away. Along the way, they discovered how objects are collected, kept safe, and then how they are brought to life.

Finders Keepers was commissioned by the Unicorn Theatre as a site-specific performance at the Livesey Museum in Southwark, London in 2003.

Cast

Creative Team

Sue Buckmaster

Co-Director

“ Down London’s Old Kent Road, there’s a little bit of wonder. One of the best performances I’ve been to in a long time. ”
The Guardian
“ Priceless. Such beauty in it all. ”
Time Out

Finders Keepers Gallery

a line of children looking at the contents of open drawers along a hallway.

© Trine Andersen

2 performers wearing blue aprons stand at a counter top each manipulating a small figure made out of a yellow duster.

© Trine Andersen

3 performers crouch on the floor. Two manipulate a puppet that sits on a pile of stones. The puppet appears to be made from the same stones. A third performer looks at the puppet while holding a xylophone mallet as if ready to make sound on a row of flat pieces of slate laid out on the blue floor.

© Trine Andersen

a human-like silhouette wearing a cap with arm outstretched towards an illuminated shape of a bird. There is netting effect in the background lit from behind

© Trine Andersen

a digital image of a bird with green wings spread within the circle of a light beam on the back wall. Below is a wooden bird cage lit from within and barely visible in the dark, a person is touching the side of the cage.

© Trine Andersen

a performer manipulates a puppet with the body of a metal bird cage and on top of its silver metal head is a crocheted white cap with a red ribbon. It sits on a metal serving trolley on wheels. In the background, there are many cardboard boxes stacked against the walls.

© Trine Andersen

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a line of children looking at the contents of open drawers along a hallway.
2 performers wearing blue aprons stand at a counter top each manipulating a small figure made out of a yellow duster.
3 performers crouch on the floor. Two manipulate a puppet that sits on a pile of stones. The puppet appears to be made from the same stones. A third performer looks at the puppet while holding a xylophone mallet as if ready to make sound on a row of flat pieces of slate laid out on the blue floor.
a human-like silhouette wearing a cap with arm outstretched towards an illuminated shape of a bird. There is netting effect in the background lit from behind
a digital image of a bird with green wings spread within the circle of a light beam on the back wall. Below is a wooden bird cage lit from within and barely visible in the dark, a person is touching the side of the cage.
a performer manipulates a puppet with the body of a metal bird cage and on top of its silver metal head is a crocheted white cap with a red ribbon. It sits on a metal serving trolley on wheels. In the background, there are many cardboard boxes stacked against the walls.
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