Dead as a Dodo

This is the third and final performance in the Animalia trilogy, and an absolute highlight!

With Dead as a Dodo, Wakka Wakka gives us a fantastic glimpse into a future that hearkens back to the distant past. With the company’s usual humor and recognizable visual universe, we once again get top-class puppetry as we delve deep into the underworld. A skeleton Dodo and a skeleton Neanderthal are tirelessly digging for fresh bones; their ancient skeletal forms are quickly deteriorating and they are afraid of disappearing completely. One day, a peculiar occurrence disrupts their routine… without warning, the Dodo miraculously sprouts a new bone! A maelstrom of transformation begins to unravel within the realm of bones, shattering the established order. The great reversal has begun.

Duration: approximately 75 minutes
Price: From 70-275

Photo: Erato Tzavara

By: Gwendolyn Warnock & Kirjan Waage with ensemble.
Directed by: Gwendolyn Warnock and Kirjan Waage

Original music and sound design: Thor Gunnar Thorvaldsson
Projection design: Erato Tzavara
Lighting design: Daphne Agosin
Figure design/puppet maker: Kirjan Waage
Set and costume design: Gwendolyn Warnock & Kirjan Waage
Producer: Gabrielle Brechner

Cast: Lei-Lei Bavoil, Alexandra Bråss, Andy Manjuck, Hanna Margrete Muir, Sigurd Rosenberg, Marie Skogvang Stork, Anna Soland, Kirjan Waage
Original ensemble: Alexandra Bråss, Dorothy James, Andy Manjuck, Hanna Margrete Muir, Sigurd Rosenberg, Peter Russo, Marie Skogvang Stork, Anna Soland, Kirjan Waage
Prop and additional puppet making: 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
Additional prop making, painting and sewing: Gro Sunde, Rosalie Arends
The performance is produced in collaboration with Figurteatret i Nordland, Nord University, and The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival
Supported by: Arts Council Norway, Oslo Teatersenter, Sea-Cargo AS, FFUK

Figurteatret i Nordland: https://figurteateret.no/
GEIR-OVE ANDERSEN, YNGVILD ASPELI, PREBEN FAYE-SCHJØLL, ANNE SJILD KOLSETH, JAN ERIK SKARBY, TIM LUCASSEN, ANNE SØRFJELL

Special Thanks to the Nord University Theatre Class of 2023 (14th Floor) who workshopped the first version of this show with us.

WAKKA WAKKA PRODUCTIONS
www.wakkawakka.org