The children enter the room or theatre and are entertained by music and ‘clown boy’.

Just before the play begins the ‘storyteller’ invites children from the audience onto the ‘set’, which consists of a large box and a few chairs and the children assigned roles in the play. Some are pigs, chickens, cows, woodchoppers or townspeople, who respond to various cues during the play. Other children are selected to take part in the action of the play itself. And then RUMPELSTILTSKIN begins! From beginning to end, they are not only entertained as an audience, but become personally involved as they play out their various roles. The magic created is incredible!