Centaur Theatre / 51th Season
LITTLE
DICKENS
Quebec
Premiere
November
19 - December 21, 2019
Created
& Performed by Ronnie
BURKETT
With
Musical Arrangements by John
ALCORN
Production
Manager & Artistic Associate Terri
GILLIS
Stage
Manager Crystal
SALVERDA
Every performance of Daisy Theatre show is unique, improvised on the spot, adjusted to the audience's mood and reactions. It also relies on the volunteers from the audience Burkett gets to participate in his play. Stated plainly, there is no written script. These puppet performances cannot be reproduced or performed by anybody else but their creator Ronnie Burkett.
Little Dickens is a funny and edgy remix of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas Carol. It also launches the early Yuletide celebrations at Centaur.
The Dickens's character Scrooge is impersonated by the aging Diva Esmé. As she launces her midnight journey that leads to her inner redemption, she
encounters many other Daisy Theatre well-known puppets, now all interpreting Dickens’
infamous characters. Presented in vaudevillian style, music ties all parts of the performance together: Christmas remixes and sultry jazz
solos helping with the joyful merriment of the Fezziwig’s party.
ABOUT
RONNIE BURKETT
Captivated
by puppetry since the age of seven, Ronnie Burkett began touring his
shows at the age of fourteen. His Theatre of Marionettes was formed
in 1986, playing on Canada’s major stages and abroad. Ronnie
received the 2009 Siminovitch Prize, The Herbert Whittaker Drama
Bench Award for Outstanding Contribution to Canadian Theatre, a
Village Voice OBIE Award and four Citations of Excellence from the
American Center of the Union Internationale de la Marionnette. In
2019, Ronnie Burkett was appointed as an Officer of The Order of
Canada.
AGE
RESTRICTION: 16
years and over
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