Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:27:34 -0400 From: Jamie Ashby <jamie.ashby-AT-utoronto.ca> To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Cc: topuppet-AT-yahoogroups.ca Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Seeing Pro puppets up close Thanks for the tip, Caro! I just came back from _The Lord of the Rings_ megatheatrical (also occasionally metatheatrical, including a very _Endgame_-ish call out in the audience's direction to see if there's anyone "friendly out there") production. Ignore the terrible reviews! The spectacle is enough to justify going (I don't want to give too much away, but the giant spider is pretty terrifying), but I found myself actually empathizing with the characters, contrary to what Kamal Al-Solaylee writes in the _Globe_; moreover, I thought the set was used to great effect. Certainly, hydraulic supersets are not what I am used to seeing as an audience member who spends most of his time at the puppet theatre, but I thought the various levels were used to further the storyline and emotional heights, not just as spectacular elements in and of themselves (not that this would be necessarily "bad"). You might find it terrible. Just don't avoid going simply because of the reviews. Best, Jamie Ashby PhD Candidate: "Ideas in Motion: New Work Development at Puppetmongers Theatre Company" Graduate Centre for Study of Drama, University of Toronto Co-founder, PuppUTopiate: the *only* puppet company at the Univ. of Toronto Quoting Caro Naidin <ursulica29-AT-yahoo.ca>: > Saw "The Star Keeper" in Toronto and I enjoyed it a lot.The puppets and the > marionettes are grotesque looking, but beautifully crafted! Very good > manipulation, strange attractive music, subtile humor, superb lightning. > > > --------------------------------- > All new Yahoo! Mail - > --------------------------------- > Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane. > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org > Admin interface: > http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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