Puppetry is often associated with the cuddly, but let's get one thing straight: the puppets in 69ºS are not cute. In Erik Sanko and Jessica Grindstaff's new production, now playing as part of BAM's Next Wave festival, ghostly marionettes are used to silently reenact the harrowing Antarctic voyage of Ernest Shackleton in 1914. We took a look at Sanko's fantastically creepy studio over the summer, but the finished result is finally here. And it's one stunner of a show.
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Take A Fantastic Puppet Voyage To Antarctica With 69°S
Ivo van Hove, Director
John Cassavetes's wrenching film Opening Night, released in 1977, stars Gena Rowlands as a famous actress who becomes increasingly unhinged after seeing a young autograph hound hit by a car outside the theater where she's starring in a Broadway-bound play. Acclaimed Flemish director Ivo van Hove—whose bold interpretations of plays like Hedda Gabler and The Misanthrope have been hits in NYC—has crafted a large-scale theatrical adaptation of Cassavetes's award-winning film.
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