TALES FROM THE TIP
BATS Theatre, The Heyday Dome, 1 Kent Tce, Wellington
24/10/2018 - 24/10/2018
Production Details
One person’s junk is another person’s treasure. In this show characters and stories will emerge from the most unexpected of places and things. Be prepared to have the limits of your imagination pushed as puppets and people perform to create unique stories, worlds and moments of wonder. Directed by Amy Moule and performed by an ensemble cast from across NZIF 2018.
Director Amy Moule (Melbourne) is an actor, improviser, puppeteer, teacher and an ensemble member with Impro Melbourne. Amy has performed in and developed numerous scripted and non-scripted shows, including performances in the Melbourne Fringe Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival, New Zealand Fringe Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
The Heyday Dome at BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
8:00 PM 9:00 PM 20:00 21:00
Tix $14-20 – Book Now!
Theatre , Improv ,
1 hr
A hypnotic performance of unconventional giggles and story
Review by George Fenn 26th Oct 2018
Players in black roll long brown paper into a human shape. Imagine a better-articulated Pack and Save ad. Simple details bring it to life, tightened masking tape creates knee-caps, which I can’t stop staring at. Three performers combine to animate the character and greet the crowd.
From there the director guides from the side, calling for scenes. The performers usher on a smaller, identical stick figure puppet, first as the child of big puppet, then as a ruthless mafia boss intimidating a mob member. This demonstrates how actors’ attitudes towards puppets can subvert the initial expectations. Amy Moule (Melbourne), makes a good effort to vary these scenes throughout the evening choosing interesting relationships to counterpoint the previous scenes.
The pace of this show confused the drunk, frustratingly talkative group of young people who had never experienced the concept of improv outside of the Whose Line is it Anyway? paradigm, which I can’t really blame them for as these kinds of shows are rare in New Zealand.
But lo and behold it does exist and given patience provides a hypnotic performance of unconventional giggles and story.
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