On his very first day, after he has gotten Geppetto arrested, he experiences “a hunger so real it ... The wooden boy survives being burned, hanged and thrown in the ocean. Pinocchio is certainly ...

Think about the basic premise: a wooden puppet carved by an artist yearns to be a "real" boy, and this journey of self-discovery and examination exposes Pinocchio to cruel, exploitative forces.

The eponymous Pinocchio wishes to be a “real boy” in the 1940 Disney adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s original 1883 novel. Collodi’s Pinocchio already acts like a human child—careless ...

carrying, digging, etc) to help his father recover, and to help the kind fairy, who is also ill. Waking from a dream, Pinocchio has become a real boy…and everyone dances for joy!

Can Pinocchio resist this one? Won't he lie too much, causing his nose to grow longer? And the most important one; will he eventually become a real boy of flesh and blood?

The first session features: cheeky puppet movements; Pinocchio learning to walk from his maker/father Geppetto, the carpenter; then marching towards a Great Puppet Show; moving like a ‘lame ...