“Mowgli” by Marionette Theatre “GOTSI”

The Play
Lost by his parents in the Indian jungle during a tiger attack, a human baby is adopted by the wolves Mother (Raksha) and Father Wolf, who call him Mowgli. Shere Khan the tiger wants to kill Mowgli as a revenge to human kind because his parents where killed by humen. Mowgli grows up with the pack, hunting with his brother wolves. Bagheera (the black panther) befriends Mowgli, because both he and Mowgli have parallel childhood experiences. Baloo the bear, teacher of wolves, has the thankless task of educating Mowgli in The Law of the Jungle. After driving off Shere Khan, Mowgli goes to a human village. And the adventure in the jungle begins…

The story is an hymn to nature, variety and friendship.

The “Theatre of Marionettes GOTSI”
The “Theatre of Marionettes Gotsi” was established in 1978 by Nikos Gotsis. It is a touring theatre and thousands of children and adults in Greece have attended their shows. All these years, the experience they have gained in the children’s theatre, the experimentation and research they have done, the constructions and the technique of the marionette’s posture and movement, are these elements which give them the opportunity to travel the audience to the enchanting world of marionettes and offer a responsible entertainment.
The “Theatre of Marionettes Gotsi” has constructed two theatres, a “small” and a “large” one for all spaces,  internal and/or external. Both theatres have full electrical equipment. So far there have been mounted 10 plays for children and adults, and have over 200 marionettes, many of them are of unique manufacture. All of their plays transfer messages palpable to children for Peace, Environment, Friendship, Consciousness, making them to behave not only as viewers, but as a vital part of the play by making them to take part during the show and to express their opinion spontaneously. The texts have been written by Nikos Gotsis (member of the Society of Dramatics of Greece) and the marionettes have been made by Nikos and Thanasis Gotsis. Plays have been recorded by actors in the Studio