- Wakka Wakka · Norvège
Dead as a Dodo
- Friday 19 September, 14:00-15:15, TCM
- Friday 19 September, 20:30-21:45, TCM
- Saturday 20 September, 11:00-12:15, TCM
- Saturday 20 September, 15:30-16:45, TCM
1h15
From 8 years old
English with french surtitles
- Carried puppets
- Inhabited puppets
- Muppets
- On table puppets
In the afterlife, a skeleton boy and a Dodo search for new bones. When the dodo suddenly sprouts feathers, a wave of change begins. Wakka Wakka’s Dead as a Dodo is a visually dazzling, darkly funny tale of transformation, friendship and survival, blending puppetry, songs, and epic storytelling.
Writing Gwendolyn Warnock, Kirjan Waage, aidé par l’Ensemble
Stage direction Gwendolyn Warnock, Kirjan Waage
Puppet design and construction Kirjan Waage
Music and soundThor Gunnar Thorvaldson
Lighting Daphne Agosin
Associate lighting Gillian Hanemayer
Video Erato Tzavara
Set and Costume Design Gwendolyn Warnock, Kirjan Waage
Ensemble Lei-Lei Bavoil, Alexandra Bråss, Dorothy James, Andrew Manjuck, Hanna Muir, Sigurd Rosenberg, Peter Russo, Anna Soland, Marie Skogvang Stork, Kirjan Waage, Olivia Zerphy
Additional props and puppet constructions Lei-Lei Bavoil, Alexandra Bråss, Frida Vige Helle, Dorothy James, Andy Manjuck, Hanna Magrete Muir, Jack Markussen, Sigurd Rosenberg, Peter Russo, Marie Skogvang-Stork, Anna Soland, Gwendolyn Warnock
Production Gwendolyn Warnock • Kirjan Waage • Gabrielle Brechner
Coproduction Nordland Visual Theatre • Nord University • Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival
Associate production Tom Gustafson