FLABBERGHAST THEATRE
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FLABBERGAST - To astound and amaze Flabbergast was set up to make uncompromising and exciting physical theatre drawing on the Bunraku style of puppetry and a belief that all Theatre should be engaging and sweaty. The company was founded by the actor Henry Maynard in response to a desire to utilise his hand crafted puppets and puppetry training. “Flabbergast's Puppet Poker Pit is an amoral morality fable starring a violent, foul-mouthed puppet determined to renege on the ultimate poker debt.” - British theatre guide "...there are a couple of pieces I’d recommend putting at the top of the ‘to see’ list….Flabbergast Theatre’s potty-mouthed, Bunraku-style puppets will make you laugh out loud as they bicker over their chips in Puppet Poker Pit..." - What's on stage Our favourite performance of the evening was Flabbergast Puppet Poker, which featured two gravelly voiced, foul mouthed, Eastern European puppets called Boris and Sergey. Each puppet was animated and voiced by three people. The prose was hilariously filthy but strangely full of pathos. Unadulterated genius." – We Like This Too
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