You can switch up the genders and sexualities of the characters in this love story, but the ending remains the same. The ...

Think about the basic premise: a wooden puppet carved by an artist yearns to be a "real" boy, and this journey of self-discovery and examination exposes Pinocchio to cruel, exploitative forces.

Pinocchio is a mouthy rapscallion right from the start, he wants to be “a real boy,” his nose grows when he lies, he is befriended by a Cricket and the Blue Fairy, he is tricked out of his ...

The first session features: cheeky puppet movements; Pinocchio learning to walk from his maker/father Geppetto, the carpenter; then marching towards a Great Puppet Show; moving like a ‘lame ...

carrying, digging, etc) to help his father recover, and to help the kind fairy, who is also ill. Waking from a dream, Pinocchio has become a real boy…and everyone dances for joy!