Cranky's are traditionally used in folk singing and storytelling, rather than turning a page to reveal the images, they appear across the “screen” of the box by turning a handle (or crank). The Moving Panorama or Cranky Theatre was an innovation on panoramic paintings in the mid-nineteenth century. It became a new visual element to theatre and was among the most popular forms of entertainment, serving as an ancestor and platform to early cinema.

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Materials list:

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(for adults and 8yrs+ . Adult Supervision necessary for young people)

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cranky workshop each participant will need

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- 1 small cardboard box (a small cereal box or tissue box is perfect somewhere around 12x25x6cm ) 

- a glue stick

- scissors

- pencil & pencil sharpener

- ruler

- 2 sheets of either A4 thick paper or thin card (contrasting colours eg blue & yellow or pink & orange)

- 4 sheets of A4 thin white paper

- 2 straight sticks (dowel / long chopsticks / long pencils, that are a little longer than the width of your cereal box)

- 1 A4 sheet of cardboard box (brown packaging box - possible to cut with scissors)

- a sewing needle

- tape (sellotape or gaffer not masking tape unless it's strong)