Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 20:13:22 -0500
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Fire


Your show was the first I have seen or heard of the use of an
aquarium.  I mean you could have put the fire out with ease.

On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Preston Foerder <preston-AT-pfpuppetry.com> wrote:
> Yes, there was a Belgian company that had a puppet that sang an aria from
> Madama Butterfly while lit by candles.  They were so annoyed by not being
> able to use the fire that they played the soundtrack to a blank stage and
> shined bright lights in the audience's eyes.  There was a Russian company
> who used actual burning candles (they hadn't told anyone nor asked
> permission) in the middle of a stage strewn with crumpled newspaper. That
> made me nervous.
>
> Preston Foerder
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> Preston,
>     I remember the San Francisco festival very well.   There were fire
> issues in several shows, as I remember.   Your use of the TV was, by far,
> the
> cleverest and quickest thinking I have seen before or since, for that
> matter.
>     Bob N.
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