Plastic Heroes
"Amazing Puppet Show.. Irresistible and Fierce. TT"
Telerama, Paris
"Ironic, Black Humor Masterpiece. **** 4 Stars"
Aamulehti, Tampere, Finland
"Clearly one of these little miracles, which only puppet and object theatre brings.
From a game of discreet naïveté and formal simplicity it manages to touch the nerves,
bring up emotions and thoughts in a way that is anything but naive or simple."
Leipziger Volkzeitung, Germany
“War is about to begin,
now is the time to become heroes.
But the soldiers are plastic,
the battlefield a table
and home is just a distant image on a screen.
In a combat with no clear enemy or goal,
the border between reality and fantasy blurs:
is this really happening,
or is it all just a game?”
Plastic Heroes is made entirely of ready made
children's toys, mainly those of soldiers,
weapons and war.
It also incorporates use of ipads, iphones and video.
Desire, violence, sex, hate and fear are put on the table
as the so called 'naive' toys are brought to life,
and the innocence of child's play
encounters the bleeding reality of adult war.
The show is a surprising, funny and fast paced collage of war images,
and it manages to deal with hard and painful issues while giving the
audience a funny, wild and refreshing puppetry experience.
The show has been invited to more than 30 countries, and is intensively touring
in Festivals and Theaters worldwide.
*The show is almost entirely without words*
Festivals
International puppet theatre festival
Jerusalem, Israel
Turku International Puppetry (TIP) Festival
Turku, Finland
Guest show for Unima-Hellas
Athens, Greece
Giboul Festival
Strasbourg, France
Orbis Pictus Festival
Reims, France
International Festival Theatre European Regions
Karlov Hadi, Czech Republique
Bornholm Puppet Festival
Bornholm, Denmark
Festival Mondiale des Theatres de Marionnettes Charleville-Meziers, France
International Tmuna Festival
Tel Aviv
Vitrine Festival #4
"Hanut" Theatre, Tel Aviv
Unidram International Theaters Festival
Potsdam, Germany
Imaginale International Figuren Theatre Festival
Stuttgart, Germany
Oulu International Festival
Oulu, Finland
Izmir International Puppetry Festival
Izmir, Turkey
FIDENA Figurentheatre Festival
Bochum, Germany
Ot Tempelum Festival
Gyor, Hungary,
MUKAMAS Interntaional Puppetry Festival
Tampere, Finland
International Festival of Puppetry Art
Bielsko-Biala, Poland
Treff Festival
Talinn, Estonia
Figura Festival
Baden, Switzerland
Les Travers de Juin Festival
Theatre aux Main Nues, Paris
Magdeburg International Puppetry festival
Magdeburg, Germany
Synergura Festival
Erfurt, Germany
Sofia International Puppetry Festival
Sofia, Bulgaria
LUTKE Festival
Lijubliana, Slovenia
Kikiriki Festival,
Centro Cultural Federico Garcia Lorca
Granada, Spain
Bolshi Theater Kukla International Puppetry Festival
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Reminicies Theatre Festival
Krakow, Poland
WEITBLICK Festival
Braunschweig, Germany
...And many more (see Upcoming Shows)
Photos by Anael Resnick and Yair Meyhuas:
Videos
Teaser #1
Teaser #2
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