LEMONY S
PUPPET THEATRE
Ada, Asmin and the Analytical Engine
A newly-arrived Turkish refugee, a magical cat, and Victorian-era mathematician Ada Lovelace — connected across time by numbers, philosophy and the fight for girls’ education.
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Made in collaboration with maths teacher and Turkish refugee Bilge Aslan, this work for teenagers and family audiences combines the real-life experiences of girls worldwide who’ve been denied an education with the story of Ada Lovelace, who laid the groundwork for the world’s first computer. It’s a hopeful, inspiring adventure told through the magical realism Lemony S Puppet Theatre is known for — exploring how far we’ve come on girls’ education rights, how far there is to go, and what happens when young women are given room to reach their potential.
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SPACES AND VIBES
Black box, proscenium arch. 60 minutes. Strong fit for teenage and family audiences, with clear curriculum relevance.MARKET FIT
Presenters wanting substantive, issues-driven new Australian work for teen/family audiences, with a genuine STEM and social-justice throughline.THE DATA
Presented at Riverside Theatre, Sydney, 2024.
“For children, who deserve nothing but the best in their early experience of the arts, it is a gift beyond measure”—See Saw Magazine, on the company’s earlier work Picasso and His Dog
Ada, Asmin and the Analytical Engine is a work for teenagers, made in collaboration with maths teacher and Turkish refugee, Bilge Aslan. The story combines the real-life experiences of girls worldwide who have been denied an education, with the story of Ada Lovelace, who laid the groundwork for the world’s first computer.
The work explores how far we have come in education rights for girls, how far we have to go, and the world-altering shifts that occur when we empower young women to reach their full potential.
It’s a hopeful and inspiring adventure told through the beautiful magical realism for which Lemony S Puppet Theatre are so rightly renowned.
