“A Letter to Geraldine” performed by the Batumi State Professional Puppet and Youth Theatre
Genre: Puppet production on a biographical theme
Age recommendation: 12+
Duration: 40 minutes
Language: Wordless
Venue: State Puppet Theatre, Small Hall
Date and time: 24 October 2023, 10:00
Creative team
Director: Elene Matskhonashvili.
Designer: V. Koridze.
Musical basis: works by Charlie Chaplin.
Performers: Ketevan Samkharadze, Marine Buleishvili, Irine Ghlonti, and Sophio Tsintsadze.
About the performance
“A Letter to Geraldine” is staged on the basis of a letter to Geraldine attributed to her father, Charlie Chaplin. The production explores a father’s life lessons, moral values, kindness, and spiritual responsibility. The theatre received the festival’s Grand Prix. A father’s heartfelt words to his daughter become a reflection on art, life, and human responsibility. “A Letter to Geraldine” addresses compassion for others, preserving kindness, and remaining humane even after achieving success.
About the theatre
The Batumi State Professional Puppet and Youth Theatre operates in Georgia’s Adjara region. The city’s permanent state puppet theatre opened in 1980. Georgian puppetry master Givi Sarchmelidze contributed to its development. Its repertoire includes literary productions for teenagers and adults alongside children’s fairy tales.