Dates
March 12 2024 @ 7pm
March 13 2024 @ 10am
Location
Maja Prentice Theatre, Mississauga
Featured Sponsor
About Epidermis Circus
Watch a Jim Henson Company puppeteer make a live puppet film before your very eyes, using only household objects, a camera, and her bare hands. Ingrid Hansen animates cheeky vignettes in the palm of her hand and projects them onto a huge screen. This spicy puppetry cabaret features mind-bending illusions. Get your comedy fix and stretch your brain into surreal worlds.
Epidermis Circus is created Canada’s top inventive minds including Ingrid Hansen of Emmy-award winning series Sesame and Fraggle Rock and JIMBO the Drag Clown winner of Rupaul’s Drag Race All Stars.
“Utterly magical, insanely inventive, wickedly funny, and beautifully twisted. Imagine Lambchops Puppeteer Shari Lewis’s soul possessed by David Lynch. With dark, deadpan humour, Hansen employs video projection to provocative, cinematic effect. ★★★★★ ” – Winnipeg Free Press.
Show Content: Epidermis Circus includes cartoonish sexual content, swear words, and puppet suicide. There are moments of dark lighting, loud music, and surprises
Recommended Age: 13+
Duration: 1 hour
Language: English
Cast & Creative
SHOW CREDITS
Produced by SNAFU Society of Unexpected Spectacles
Co-Created & Directed by Britt Small
Co-Created & Performed by Ingrid Hansen
Co-Produced by, and with creative contributions from, Kathleen Greenfield
Costume Design by JIMBO The Drag Clown (James Insell)
Additional puppetry coaching & jokes from Mike Petersen, Rod Peter Jr, Anand Rajaram & Victor Dolhai
Stage Management by Adam Proulx
Epidermis Circus was created with support from the Capital Regional District Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts. Early development of Epidermis Circus was also supported by the National Arts Centre’s #CanadaPerforms initiative, and the OAC’s Theatre Creators Reserve as
Reviews For Epidermis Circus
Meet The Artists
The Company That Created Epidermis Circus
SNAFU’s work invigorates people of all ages, creating dynamic spaces for young and old to experience art together under new terms. Our creative collaborations connect multi-disciplinary artists in theatre, storytelling, puppetry, dance, live music, circus, and visual art. We create unexpected spectacles in unusual spaces, including bike trails, public washrooms, theatres, art galleries, fields, heritage sites, parking garages, schools and prisons.
SNAFU targets audiences who do not normally go to watch live theatre. Spectators are invited to have an active role in the action as it unfolds. We work with dynamic visual storytelling with a low-fi, Do-it-yourself aesthetic using repurposed, recycled and found materials as often as possible. Everyone involved in the process is invited to throw ideas into the pot, including stage managers, visiting artists, neighbors, or passers-by. We continually seek feedback from our audiences and other artists and mentors across Canada.
Family-Friendly Fun
Stay Up To Date On Puppet Festival Mississauga
Learn About Upcoming Shows and Events For Families.
More Shows At Puppet Festival Mississauga
Pin Pin The Eggsplorer
Pin Pin hatches from his egg and discovers a whole new world. A puppet show great for ages 0+.
Circle of Animals
A shadow puppet show that’s great for all ages. A Circle of Animals is playing at Puppet Festival Mississauga 2024.
A Show With Strings
All the way from South Korea, comes A Show With Strings, a delightful puppet show that explores all the different things a string can do.