Shadow Puppet Theater

Last night I saw Printer's Devil Theater and Sgt. Rigsby & His Amazing Silhouettes presenting "A Boy in the Beastly City". This was a shadow puppet show and voice acting in one. Like a radio drama, it featured four voice actors sitting next to the screen in 40's clothing.

The story was loosely about a boy trying to find his lost pet monkey in the city. The humor was often Pythonesque, with non-sequiturs and intermittent complaint letters being read, as well as a couple of Benny Hill chase scenes. In some ways it felt like a 12-year-old had written it -- the story was all over the place and had juvenile humor -- but was contrasted by the beautiful set and great period costumes.


I love this kind of theater -- creative, unusual, and something off the beaten path.