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Puppet Master

Vitamin Daily - Vancouver Edition

APRIL 23RD, 2009

Puppet Master

We've outgrown Casey and Finnegan, but that doesn't mean puppets can't still teach us a thing or two.

With intricate hand-carved creations pontificating on touchy subjects like sex and death with satirical panache, an Old Trout Puppet Workshop show is anything but wooden. The Calgary-based theatre company—who're also responsible for Feist's Juno Award-winning video “Honey Honey”—dazzled us with their Famous Puppet Death Scenes a couple years ago and return to Vancouver this week for The Erotic Anguish of Don Juan, their take on the world's greatest lover.

No need to pull strings to get in. Yet.

The Erotic Anguish of Don Juan runs until May 9, 2009, Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright St., Vancouver, tickets $26, www.thecultch.com

 

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