This new fable with roots in the lands of the Indigenous Comcáac people of Mexico is told with bountiful puppet ingenuity. But with more focus and tauter pacing it could have reached much higher.
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘Dimension Zero,’ a Riotous Anti-Capitalist Puppet Musical
Spiky and overflowing, 'Dimension Zero' whips its traditions and influences into a cheeky gumbo, its earnest anti-capitalist message wrapped in cosmic-psychedelic paraphernalia and unstoppable hijinks.
Read More »Theater Review: Puppetry Wizards of Wakka Wakka Come Alive with ‘Dead as a Dodo’
Life and death, good and evil, Greek myth, and epic adventure collide in this stunning new puppetry spectacular.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Birthday Bust Turns Trip of a Lifetime in ‘Bill’s 44th’
Puppet theater for adults is brilliantly alive and well in this hero's journey from birthday disappointment to something quite beyond.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Ernie’s Secret Life’ – Exploring the Polar Icecaps of the Heart
With puppetry and magical realism 'Ernie's Secret Life', conceived during the pandemic lockdowns, warms the heart and sparks the sense of wonder.
Read More »Theatre Interview: Helen Eastman, Director, ‘Alby the Penguin Saves the World’ at Reading Rep
"It's really important to me to use the arts to say that maybe we can change things and what a better future might look like. We can do it with joy and camaraderie, rather than thinking of it as going without."
Read More »Puppet Theater Review (NYC): Wakka Wakka Presents ‘Made in China’
The first musical from this fabulously inventive puppeteer ensemble may be the troupe's most charming production yet. Brightly gripping, and written and directed in a classic fabulist style, it's replete with innovative marvels of illusion.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): ‘Pinocchio,’ Created by Teatro Del Drago
The centuries-old traveling show is brought to life in a charming production at San Antonio's AtticRep.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The God Projekt’
Inventive puppetry propels this story of an aging God who conceives a new project: to re-create mankind.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Basil Twist’s ‘Dogugaeshi’
Most shows have backdrops. But what happens when the backdrops are the show?
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