THE LONG NOSE by Wilhelm Hauff AWHHE Armenian

THE LONG NOSE by Wilhelm Hauff “AWHHE” “Armenian Women for Health & Healthy Environment” “Towards Toxic Free Future” project

The author of the scenario and director of the play Lusine Babayan discusses the script with one of her colleagues

! INNOVATION ! Aim: to send a challenge to the society, and through an attractive, merry theatrical form to create a vivid interest to serious ecological issues The theatrical curtain is a very important part of the decoration

The children of the Center For Harmonious Development “Tsil Busats” hold a rehearsal at the studio The future witch dances a passionate tango The students grow into their roles

The play is originally prepared for showing in the country. Our performances at local schools were a success. Our actors got presents from AWHHE. Trips to distant villages were real adventures for them

In the fairy tale exists straight line a relationship between products of the feeding, such as fruit, vegetables and herbs, and health of the person The witch Craterweiss comes to the market only every seven years The lady, Hanna, is always selling vegetables on the market with her son beside her.

We have chosen humor as the main weapon to solve the problem. Our play is full of jokes, music and surprises. The vegetables have come to punish Jacob. He is one of their usual victims. The witch serves Jacob a magic soup

Jacob does not know that seven years have gone by and that the witch has turned him into a dwarf with a very long nose. When he comes to his mother, she throws him out. Jacob is at a loss The fruit and vegetables put their plan into operation

Not knowing what to do Long Nose remembers his cooking lessons and applies as a cook to the duke of that land who loves delicacies as much as the witch. He is tried and when he succeeds in making a fine dish, hired. Poor Hanna misses her son very much Jacob buys a goose and discovers it is speaking

She is the daughter of a sorcerer who was cursed by a rival of her father. Long nose and Mimmi, the goose, become best friends. She helps him to prepare a famous pate, called “souzeren”. And, of course, happy end… Hanna is so pleased that she is ready to give her fruit and vegetables away as gifts