Free Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival
When: Saturday, January 26, 2019 12PM and 2PM. (first come, first-served). Each show runs 45-60 minutes. All ages are welcome.
Where: Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand, Crystal Gardens
This festival is taking place at several locations around the city. I am only covering Navy Pier. Register for free tickets When registering under “Dates & Times” you’ll want to pick January 26 at 12PM or 2PM.
The Festival Neighborhood Tour at Navy Pier
The Beginning of Nothing
By Poncili Creación (Puerto Rico)
In this fantastical journey audiences witness the clash of two worlds unknown yet familiar, one luscious and beautiful, the other gloomy and scary. All actions in these worlds seem to have strong repercussions on the other. How can both worlds survive this terrible codependency? At times a metaphor for our current society or even for survival itself, The Beginning of Nothing is a visually stunning journey that makes its way down an impossible path with a breeze of hope, told in a dazzling spiral of color and dance.
Pulcinella
By Gaspare Nasuto (Italy)
From the traditional Italian Commedia dell’Arte comes the very original of the form, hand puppet trickster Pulicinella, who upon migration to England became known to English speakers as Punch. Impeccable timing and hysterical predicaments performed in a classic puppet booth, Pulicinella encounters a host of characters from Scaramouche to the crocodile.
