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Old Trouts
FAMOUS PUPPET DEATH SCENES

Nola-Rae
Nola Rae
WORKSHOP
24 - 28 Jan

Barbican,
The Pit

London Premiere
Tue 24 - Sat 28 Jan
Tue - Sat 7.45pm, Sat mat 2.30pm

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Runs:
70 mins/no interval
Age Guidance: 12+ (contains scenes of violence, flashing lights & puppet nudity)
£18 + booking fees.
Discounts apply
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After-show discussion:
Wed 25 Jan (BSL interpreted)
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"Visually stunning and endlessly entertaining"

Los Angeles Times

From the depths of the Canadian wilderness, a show to touch the hardest heart. The title says it all, prepare to weep.

Or you could just laugh your head off as one by one this procession of short melodramas ends unhappily for its hero or heroine. Having researched the masterworks of puppet theatre, epics which have become the fulcrum for our hopes and fears, Old Trout Puppet Workshop cuts straight to the chase, excising all boring bits, getting right to the point.

The Old Trouts have toured the US and Europe, made films, books, music and paintings, and designed for many mainstage theatres in Canada. Steeped in the world of Edward Gorey and Penny Dreadfuls, they bring artistry and dark humour to favourites including The Feverish Heart by Nordo Frot, I hate my Little Brother by Sally, and The Ballad of Edward Grue by Samuel Groanswallow
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“As funny as it is inventive”

Guardian

"Exquisite… boundless invention… virtuosity…”

Variety Magazine
 


The Old Trout Puppet Workshop

theoldtrouts.org (Canada)

Creative team
Pete Balkwill Co-artistic Director
Pityu Kenderes Co-artistic Director
Judd Palmer Co-artistic Director
Amelia Marie Newbert Creative Facilitator
Grant Burns Associate Producer
Mike Rinaldi Sound design
Jen Gareau Costume Design
Amelia Marie Newbert Lighting Design
Mitchell Craib Stage Management
Bob Davis General Manager
Riley Miljan and Tech Art Custom Creations Set Build


Performers
Louisa Ashton
Aya Nakamura
Teele Ustaani
Presented by LIMF in association with the Barbican.

The Old Trout Puppet Workshop is supported by:
Canada Council for the Arts;
Alberta Foundation for the Arts;
Calgary Arts Development;
The Calgary Foundation