How do you become human?
What is the difference between right and wrong?
– And what is the meaning of love?
Theater Patrasket has taken up Carlo Collodi’s fantastic classic, and delivers it in a new version for 8-12 year olds:
About the puppet who must learn to become human and his perilous journey in a world full of strange figures, wonderful events, temptations and deception.
A wild, visual and musical set-up by director Alex Byrne – with puppet magic, physical ensemble playing and grim and goofy humour.
“..it’s enough to be blown away by Alex Byrne’s well-laid staging…a chilling and poetic journey with a father’s unconditional love as a compass…it’s beautiful – and exactly what we all hope to meet in the magical workshop of love.”
Teateravisen/ The Theater Newspaper
Direction: Alex Byrne
Cast: Anne Karina Nicolaisen, Maria Myrgård, Dirck Backer, Bastian Popp
Scenography: Nathalie Mellbye
Composer: Bastian Popp
Building, technology, sound and light: Peter Rasmussen
Puppet and mask design: Katrine Karlsen
Puppet and mask workshop: Katrine Karlsen, Genevieve Tremblay and Dirck Backer
Fish puppets: Dirck Backer
Costumes: Christina Tidemand Greth
Background sewing: Pernille Gottschalk-Hansen
Thanks to ZeBU and Teaterbutikken for donating costume parts.
The performance is supported by the Danish Arts Council
Stage dimensions: H: 3.5m x W: 6.50m x D: 7m
Age group: 8-12 years, family show from 6 years
Number of spectators: 100
Duration: 60 min.
Electricity: 380 V, 3 x 16 A
Blackout: Total
Read Teateravisen’s review here
Watch the video trailer here
Tour list for autumn 2022 here