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While moviegoers pack theaters for summer blockbusters like Iron Man and Indiana Jones, it’s refreshing to find big crowds flocking to an entirely different spectacle, one celebrating the Victorian-era phenomenon of do-it-yourself “toy theater” kits. The cavernous St. Ann’s Warehouse in DUMBO was packed on Saturday night for the eighth annual Toy Theater Festival, presented by Great Small Works, a company dedicated to coaxing big ideas out of tiny materials.

THEATER: Think small this weekend with Great Small Works’ Eighth International Toy Theater Festival and Contemporary Toy Theater Museum. The title is the biggest thing about this celebration of all things diminutive, in which innovate theater-makers work with miniature materials that will be further dwarfed by the cavernous environs of St. Ann’s Warehouse (conveniently located near the Telectroscope and the Brooklyn Bridge, which is celebrating 125 years all weekend). With over 100 artists involved, there are a lot of little shows to choose from, so check out the full details here. – John Del Signore