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He is apparently the Madballs' leader, as he often refers to his friends as the 'gang'. Screamin' Meemie: A baseball with an eerie grin. Both of these releases are only available on VHS and are not yet available on either DVD or Blu-ray.

#Madbalss justplay series

The second one, released in 1987, was another 22-minute episode called Madballs: Gross Jokes that was a series of jokes and skits performed by the Madballs. It was directed by Laura Shepherd are written by Heather MacGillvray and John de Klein. The video also featured a female, cartoon-exclusive Madball named Freakella, modeled after the Bride of Frankenstein. The first one, released in 1986, was a 22-minute episode called Madballs: Escape from Orb in which the titular characters are a rock and roll band who performs across the galaxy, but heads for Earth, as music is illegal on their home planet, Orb. They did, however, have two direct-to-home video cartoons released by Nelvana. Unlike many high-profile toylines at the time, the Madballs did not have an accompanying television series. The toyline expanded into a franchise with comic books, direct-to-video cartoons, and a video game for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64. The balls incorporated gross-out humor and each was given a character synopsis and an odd name. “Play is the highest form of research.Madballs is a series of toy foam balls originally created by AmToy, a subsidiary company of American Greetings (Now Cloudco Entertainment) in the mid-1980s, later being revived by Art Asylum (2007–2008) and Just Play, Inc. See details of interventions Just Play has already achieved on the Projects page. Successful projects have included delivering entertainment to culturally marginalised communities, teaching circus & theatre skills, and co-creating shows with disadvantaged people to highlight the issues that are important to them. No matter how you slice it, seeing your child play is a good sign.” – Sandra Aamodt, Sam Wang “ Play might be an indicator of health or resistance to stress. Research on the effects of play suggests that it “facilitates communication, including enhancing self-expression fosters emotional well-being, enabling stress management enhances social relationships, strengthening attachment and promoting empathy increases personal strengths, including the improvement of creative problem-solving and the capacity for resilience.”

building confidence through achieving goals and performing.

improving motor skills, fitness and body awareness.

strengthening communities through sharing new experiences together.

Some of the many benefits of this approach include: Just Play has a unique approach combining theatrical games, Forum Theatre techniques and circus arts to empower vulnerable children and young people living in challenging circumstances. They have acted in many plays, including co-productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

They have been members of Cardboard Citizens theatre company since 1992, where they have studied and practised Forum Theatre under Adrian Jackson, and trained with its founder Augusto Boal.

They specialised in acrobatic balancing at the Centre National des Arts du Cirque in France

Jo & Jake are Visiting Lecturers at the National Centre for Circus Arts in London, where they have worked since 1990. It aims to build on the theatre for development projects the founders have previously completed as their theatre company Other Half Productions, under the umbrella of organisations including Children’s World International, Border Arts Project, the British Council, Serious Fun Committee & Cirque du Monde. Just Play was founded by Jo Galbraith & Jake Goode in 2014.