A well crafted show that is comfortable being comically silly one moment and shockingly brutal the next, staged with skill and performed with gusto....
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The classic hand-puppet show “Punch and Judy” gets the live action treatment in this excellently realized production. We may be most familiar with the British sea-side version of the story, but its roots go much deeper than that.
Using a cast of six (plus Foley artist Ryan Beveridge), the story is played out in Italian half-masks, using commedia del arte techniques with contemporary trappings and fight choreography. A 3 ft ground-row runs along the front of the stage, keeping the puppet-show feel, and allowing for some nice low-tech special effects.
Jimmy Slonina, a veteran of Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil shows, is note-perfect as Punch, the lovable ne’er-do-well who tries to murder his way out of trouble but just keeps run...
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i can't stop thinking about how much I loved this show. it makes ensemble work look like a major blast, and I'd gladly play a little flame just to see how this all came together. Great performances. physicality. sound. intensity. the. whole. enchilada. Go!...
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