Q1：Why are you so interested in the “Story Telling Theater”?
為什麼你們對「故事說演劇場」這麼感興趣呢？ |
A1：Story Telling Theater is a very free form or making theater, we as story tellers can break all the rules of telling a story, we don’t need actors for every role, we can play multiple, or change roles during the show, make jumps in the story, explain some facts to the audience, we hope this will also help the audience to follow the story. The feeling that it’s happening right know in front of you, with the feeling today things are going a little different then the day before...
故事說演劇場是一種非常自由的創作形式，身為說演藝術家，我們可以打破任何說故事的規則，我們不需要為每個角色安排演員，我們可以扮演多元的角色或在演出中交換角色。也可以在故事進行中跳出角色為觀眾說明一些劇場元素，我們希望這樣能幫助觀眾更能進入故事情節，讓同樣是發生在眼前的事，今天所帶來的感覺會和昨天有些微不同。
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Q2：How do you get new ideas about “Story Telling Theater”?
你們如何獲得「故事說演劇場」的靈感？ |
A2：That’s for every show different, in the case of ‘Maarten Mus’ we first started exploring the possibilities of the chosen medium. What can we do with projectors, and what’s new? So we tried not to make shadow theater because that’s a very traditional skill, so other people practiced this a lot and are better, but try to find your own style. We quickly decide to: show how we made everything, so we’re using first drafts as final ones. Use simple solutions so the audience can see how it’s done, hopefully also to inspire to try it for yourself.
Other factor is: trying and testing it for children, what’s funny and beautiful for adults is not necessary good for children, kids are easily bored or don’t care if something is ‘beautiful’ they understand the picture or not and then quickly move on. So you have to come with something new after couple of minutes or else the kids will get bored.
每個節目獲得靈感的方式都不太相同，以「胖叔叔尋夢趣」的故事來說，我們先探索媒體的各種可能性。例如我們可以使用投影機，但如何有新點子？於是我們捨棄皮影戲，因為那是非常傳統的技巧，已經有很多人做過且做得比我們更好，所以我們想找到自己的風格。很快的我們就決定要秀出我們如何製作一切，所以我們使用草稿做為定稿。使用簡單的解決方法，讓觀眾看到它如何被做出來的，我們非常希望也能藉此鼓舞大家自己嘗試。還有一件很重要的就是：先在孩子面前試做。因為對大人而言有趣和美麗的事，對孩子不一定是必要的，小孩感到無聊時不會在意所謂的「美不美」，他們是否理解圖片而且很快能繼續跟著故事前進，這才是關鍵。所以必須每隔幾分鐘就有些新鮮有趣的，否則孩子很容易感到無聊。
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Q3：What skills can make the “Story Telling Theater” successful?
你認為「故事說演劇場」需要什麼技巧才會成功？ |
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A3：Have fun doing it is the most important. Also, ability to shift gears quickly, play different characters quickly. And act believable, the audience should believe the things you are saying.
玩得開心是最重要的，快速轉換角色的能力也很重要。還要演得有說服力，觀眾才會相信你想告訴他們的。
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Q4：In Taiwan, is there anything different from what you expected?
在臺灣，你們有看到什麼事與你們所預期的不同嗎？ |
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A4：I thought children would maybe react more different, but it seems that we’re not so different from each other. Children more or less react on the same things, laugh about the same jokes. Good thing to discover.
我以為孩子的反應可能會有更大的差異，但我們彼此似乎並沒有太大的不同。孩子們幾乎對同樣的事情會有相同的反應，也會因為同樣的笑話而笑。這是很棒的發現。
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Q5：When you teach the story telling theater workshop, how different is Taiwan from other Asian countries you have visited?
在指導故事說演工作坊時，你覺得臺灣和你們去過的其他亞洲國家有什麼不同嗎？ |
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A5：I haven’t traveled a lot in other Asian countries. Taiwan people are very open, happy and friendly. And that’s very special. People are hard-working and very positive. Also the children are open to strange foreign people, for example in South Africa where we also worked, the people are more reserved. They quickly see us as somebody from a rich country, maybe they can give me money / job or something else. Here people seems to be more open to you, share food, time and good stories. Also the children are different, they want to play, talk, test their English skills or give small things. Also Taiwan people are proud of their culture and country, sometimes this is different in other countries.
我沒有去過很多亞洲國家，臺灣人非常開放、快樂和友善。而且大家都非常勤奮、積極，小孩也非常願意接受陌生的外國人。我們曾在南非待過，那兒的人比較保守，他們對我們的想法是：這些人來自富裕的國家，他們可以給我錢或工作或其他東西。但這裡的人比較能接納別人，願意分享食物、時間和好的故事。而且臺灣小孩也很不一樣，他們會想玩、想說、想測試自已的英文能力或是想給我們小東西。還有臺灣人很以自己的文化和國家為榮，這和有些國家不太一樣。
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Q6：What do you learn from the “Story Telling Theater”?
從「故事說演劇場」過程中你學到了什麼？ |
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A6：Making contact with people, you can tell your story like you prepared, or willing to create something new, and sharing the story with your audience, there is a difference. The second one requires more contact, as an actor you have to open up and check where your audience is. If they are still following what you are telling them, it requires a high level of concentration, so I learn to forget my daily worries and get together with the audience inside of the story.
身為說演者，你可以告訴大家你準備的故事或是分享自己創作的故事，這兩者之間有些不同，後者需要與人有更多的接觸，必須要敞開心胸並且知道觀眾在哪裡。想要觀眾投入故事中，需要高度的專注，所以我學會了要拋開日常的煩惱，和觀眾一起融入故事中。
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Q7：What is the next city or country you are planning to visit?
下次你們預計要去那個城市或國家呢? |
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A7：We hope to go Johannesburg, South Africa in September 2013, also we’re planning to come back in 2013 to Taiwan for extra shows, because a lot of people were asking to play more. First in the Netherlands we have to play other shows, first stop is in Belgium where we are going to play a new show.
我們希望在2013年9月到南非約翰尼斯堡，也計畫在2013年回到臺灣，因為這裡有許多人都邀請我們來做更多的表演。在這之前，首先我們會回荷蘭進行其他的表演，接下來第一個會去的國家是到比利時進行一個新演出。
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