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Bringing Christmas joy to under-privileged children in Romania (and other countries where, well, kids need it) through exciting music theatre performances!

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Fundraiser - Wind-Up Penguin Theatre Company

Fundraiser - Wind-Up Penguin Theatre Company

Fundraiser - Wind-Up Penguin Theatre Company

Fundraiser - Wind-Up Penguin Theatre Company

Fundraiser - Wind-Up Penguin Theatre Company

Bringing Christmas joy to under-privileged children in Romania (and other countries where, well, kids need it) through exciting music theatre performances!

Bringing Christmas joy to under-privileged children in Romania (and other countries where, well, kids need it) through exciting music theatre performances!

Bringing Christmas joy to under-privileged children in Romania (and other countries where, well, kids need it) through exciting music theatre performances!

Bringing Christmas joy to under-privileged children in Romania (and other countries where, well, kids need it) through exciting music theatre performances!

Elisabeth Swedlund
Elisabeth Swedlund
Elisabeth Swedlund
Elisabeth Swedlund
1 Campaign |
London, United Kingdom
$297 USD $297 USD 10 backers
8% of $3,694 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

Short Summary

The Wind-Up Penguin Theatre Company. Students from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, who share one common passion: bringing our art to children who don't have much of it, and really need it. We believe every child should get the inspiration and amazement that we got as children though music and theater, that inspired us to be who we are. We believe art has a purpose.

What we do is simple (and amazing): we get together and create plays/shows for children. We use music (instruments and voice) and acting (mime) to create beautiful storylines that kids love. We perform these shows in hospitals, orphanages, and under-privileged schools in countries where children need it the most.

We're at our second project so far. In December 2012, nine of us created a Christmas children's show and performed it in orphanages, hospitals, and schools in Romania. And in 2013 (so, now), TWO teams of 8 Guildhall students (instrumentalists, singers, actors, and stage managers) are  each creating a new children's Christmas play, to perform in Romania this December.

Future shows/trips (with your help!): Peru July 2013, Colombia August 2013, Romania December 2013, Jamaica April 2014... Each time creating a new children's music theatre play, and performing it in orphanages, hospitals, and under-privileged schools.

The key to our projects being so successful is that we actively work alongside people in the countries we perform, who are as passionate as we are. In Romania, the directors of Mark Twain International School ( http://www.marktwainschool.ro/ ) personally get in touch with hospitals, orphanages, and under-privileged schools, and establish an itinerary for our whole trip - not to mention they organise all accommodation and transport onsite! We're ever so thankful - without them, the Wind-Up Penguin couldn't be. Good contacts and good relationships are the key to a growing project like ours.

What We Need & What You Get

We're a self-sustained project. We do this because we love it, that's all. But as you might notice, such projects come at a non-negligeable financial cost: transport (flights) to the country of performance, accommodation, and props and costumes for our shows. We're only partly funded by the Guildhall School (massive thanks to Jonathan Vaughan, director of music), but we have to empty our own pockets to find the rest of the money towards the performances and trips.

By donating to us, you'll enable all these under-privileged children to get a moment of sunlight, of evasion through (great) theater from their difficult lives. You'll also enable young music/drama students (that's us!) to make the most of their talent and perform for a very noble cause.

Your donations will help finance the team's travel to countries we're performing in, accommodation onsite, costumes and props for the shows, and presents for the children. 50% will go towards the December 2013 project, and 50% towards future projects (Summer/Winter 2014). 

We set £3000 as our goal. That'll only finance December 2013's project, and a little part of next project, so don't be afraid to be generous, to help us make future projects possible! 

Thank you SO MUCH for your help. YOU make this possible.

Elisabeth, Ioana, Rachel, Tom, Barney, Hannah, Anna P, Carlos, Charlotte, Anna D Katie, Rodrigo, Jack, Adi, Bozhana, Emma, and Sarah, and all the children we'll perform to.


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Baby Penguin Perk

Currency Conversion $6 USD
£5 GBP
Exclusive photos from the Wind-Up Penguins' rehearsals and performances of their Romania 2013 project! Find out before everyone how great our shows are, and how happy the children are!
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Sibling Penguin Perk

Currency Conversion $31 USD
£25 GBP
Get your own Wind-Up Penguin promotional pack delivered to your door! Including limited edition badges, glossy-print photos, Wind-Up Penguin greeting cards, Mama Penguin's recipes from her travels, and much more! That stuff might be worth a lot when the Wind-Up Penguin becomes famous!
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January 2014
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Techie Penguin Perk

Currency Conversion $62 USD
£50 GBP
High-quality DVDs of both 2013 Romania shows shipped to your door! Great fun for kids or family members of our brilliant performers!
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January 2014
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Godfather Penguin Perk

Currency Conversion $123 USD
£100 GBP
Your name/logo will appear (in big) at the top of our 'thank you' page of our website (online January 2013). Linked to your website if you want.
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January 2014
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Performing Penguin Perk

Currency Conversion $616 USD
£500 GBP
A 45-minute performance of one of our self-devised Penguin Shows for children, by all 9 actors/musicians. The shows combine music (instruments/singing) mime, and are of a high, professional and very entertaining level! This perk isn't mandatory, but is ideal for schools. Only in London + surroundings.
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April 2014
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Perfect Penguin Perk

Currency Conversion $1,231 USD
£1,000 GBP
We'll put your logo on the homepage of our website (online in January 2014), at the top of the page, in big (and colorful), with 'sponsored by' written.
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January 2014
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