KENTON Kaotics children's theatre group presented their interpretation of Shakespeare's Tempest last week. The performance, in a Mongolian ger, was funded by the Awards for All committee as well as by Teignbridge Council's arts department. 'It was a really unusual production,' said artistic director Nicola Howard. 'I had no idea what the production would be like when we started out, but eventually we found a shape for the play and finally the whole creation process took off.' The ger, which was on hire from Paul and Tracey Middleton, of Exminster, was a unique aspect of the performance, as were the masks that the children had created with the help of visual artist Maxine Lawrence. To celebrate their success, the children will soon be enjoying another performance of the Tempest, this time a one-man version, devised and performed by comedian/performance poet Chris Brooks, of Torquay. Mr Brooks will be performing for the children in the much more conventional confines of the Kenton Village Hall.
