With puppetry and magical realism 'Ernie's Secret Life', conceived during the pandemic lockdowns, warms the heart and sparks the sense of wonder.
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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?
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Fringe): ‘Lula Del Ray’
This dreamy, compelling period-piece "movie" is presented live via overhead projector, cardboard puppets, live actors and music.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): SAGA
The wizardly puppetry of Wakka Wakka is back, this time with a fiery tragicomedy about horses, hubris, and the Icelandic bank crisis.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Hand to God’ by Robert Askins
Hand to God is a remarkable display of amazing puppetry amidst a hurricane of raunchy fun. Plus sex and violence. How can you go wrong?
Read More »DVD Review: Making War Horse
Documentary looks at the nuts and bolts of creating award-winning theater spectacle.
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