Richard III (La tragedia di Riccardo III), Marionettistica Fratelli Napoli

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Founded in 1921 by Don Gaetano Napoli, Marionettistica Fratelli Napoli is a family run company specialised in the traditional Sicilian puppet theatre called Opera dei Pupi. The creative cast is almost exclusively made up by family members and they also cover all the roles of performances.

The Fratelli Napoli’s adaptation of Richard III is the distinctive result of the traditional Opera dei Pupi, the Sicilian Puppet Theatre. Therefore, all characters act according to that tradition. For instance, Richard III’s interpretation is heavily influenced by that of Gano di Magonza, the stock character which is the villain par excellence in the epic poem The Song of Roland, the favourite and most represented adaptation of the Opera dei Pupi.

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Into the Shadows of Shakespeare, Creative Me

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“Join the Beijing-based Chinese student actors for a wondrous morning of Shakespearian themed shadow theatre. Violet is sent to live in a provincial English town with relatives who own a small playhouse, specializing in productions of Shakespeare's works. She delights in sitting in the wings and watching the productions play out in shadows upon the back stage walls. She discovers that after the live productions end… the shadows play on. Thus begins Violet's magical journey through the fantastical realms populated by the timeless characters found in the works of William Shakespeare.” --description from Fringe Programme

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​Mig og Monika og Shakespeare, Denmark

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​Mig og Monika og Shakespeare, Denmark

Puppet theatre for adults. Monika and Per travel through time to Shakespeare’s London to find the author of the world’s greatest love stories. Then Shakespeare falls in love with Monika. A triangular love drama develops. The production explores the way love influences people and art through Shakespeare’s Venus and Adonis.     

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Der Bestrafte Brudermord, Hidden Room

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This production was part of the events sponsored by Texas A&M University (College Station, TX) during the "First Folio: The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare" traveling exhibition. Texas A&M was selected to host an exhibit of Shakespeare's First Folio of 1623 from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC. This exhibition was to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare, and one site in each state was selected to host the exhibit. This is a rarely seen 1710 German adaptation of Hamlet. Acting as a laboratory for Oxford Professor Tiffany Stern’s research, the Hidden Room uses a new English translation by Christine Schmidle, and puppets created by Los Angeles’ Mystery Bird Puppet Show to imagine the staging conditions of an 18th century puppet play.                 

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Measure 4 Measure (Abridged)

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“Sex, politics and puppetry are alive and well in Measure 4 Measure (Abridged). Five Texans, 15 characters and 55 minutes in what is sure to have the Bard howling from his 400-year-old grave. Audience participation.” --description from the Fringe Programme

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