| Title | File type | Publiseringsdato | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program from Wakka Wakka's production Baby Universe (2010) | 2011 | Download |
Baby Universe
Baby Universe (2010) is a production by Wakka Wakka in collaboration with Nordland Visual Theatre.
Gwendolyn Warnock and Kirjan Waage collaborated in writing the script, and in directing the production.
The English-language production has toured large parts of Norway with The Norwegian Touring Theatre, in addition to performances in New York and Copenhagen.
Information
(Objekt ID 27356)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | September 3, 2010 |
| Produced by | Wakka Wakka Productions |
| Coproducers | The Norwegian Touring Theatre (Riksteatret) |
| In collaboration with | Nordland Visual Theatre |
| Audience | Families, Children, Youth, Adults (from 11) |
| Language | English |
| Keywords | Puppetry, Theatre |
| Running period | September 3, 2010 |
| Website | Wakka Wakka Produtions |
Stamsund International Theatre Festival calls Baby Universe "a futuristic fairytale about the end of the Earth, inhabited by myriads of robots and cosmic creatures in all sizes".
In the festival program the following, among other things, is written:
"Time is running out for the humans! The sun has become a Red Giant about to swallow our whole universe. Is there a solution for the people - another universe out there?"
Baby Universe by Wakka Wakka was supported by Arts Council Noeway, Nordland Visual Theatre, Princeton Atelier, The Jim Henson Foundation, Spenn, The Audio Visual Fund and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs/MFA (travel grant, performing arts).
Sources:
Stamsund International Theatre Festival, www.stamfest.no, 09.03.2012, http://www.stamsund-internasjonale.no/default.asp?cmd=220&ProgPID=48
Wakka Wakka, www.wakkawakka.org, 09.03.2012, http://www.wakkawakka.org/index2.php?v=v1
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Gwendolyn Warnock | – Script |
| Kirjan Waage | – Script |
| Gwendolyn Warnock | – Concept/Idea |
| Kirjan Waage | – Concept/Idea |
| Gwendolyn Warnock | – Direction |
| Kirjan Waage | – Direction |
| Lars Petter Hagen | – Music |
| Joy Wang | – Stage design |
| Gwendolyn Warnock | – Stage design |
| Ragnhild Lie | – Costume design |
| Kirjan Waage | – Puppet designer |
| Naho Taruishi | – Video/Film |
| Brett Jarvis | – Sound design |
| Katherine Leahy | – Lighting design |
| Melissa Creighton | – Performer |
| Andrew Manjuck | – Performer |
| Peter Russo | – Performer |
| Gwendolyn Warnock | – Performer |
| Kirjan Waage | – Performer |
| Gwendolyn Warnock | – Mask design |
| Geir Ove Andersen | – Props |
| Alison Dilworth | – Props |
| Robin Frohart | – Props |
| Jan Erik Skarby | – Props |
| Joy Wang | – Props |
| Brian Patton | – Technician |
| Geir Ove Andersen | – Producer (Figurteatret i Nordland) |
| Gabrielle Brechner | – Producer (i USA) |
| Preben Faye-Schjøll | – Consultant (Dramaturgikonsulent) |
| Daniel Goldstein | – Consultant (Sluttregi) |
| Ragnhild Lie | – Production assistant |
| Jan Erik Skarby | – Production assistant |
| Anne Sørfjell | – Production assistant |
| UNIMA Congress & World Puppetry Festival | May 27, 2012 |
| Festival Internacional de Teatro de La Habana | Navember 4, 2011 |
| Bristol Festival of Puppetry | August 31, 2011 |
| Stamsund Teaterfestival | May 24, 2011 |
Lillian Bikset, review titled Kampen for tilværelsen (literally: The battle to survive), Dagbladet, 16. januar 2011: http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/01/16/kultur/teater/figurteater/scene/sceneanmeldelse/15076249/:
"Wakka Wakka has the ability to connect the very personal and the most complex in one and the same performance. Their previous production Fabrik discussed Holocaust seen through a tailor from Haugesund; world politics and the individual. In Baby Universe the artists expands the perspective even further: It is about the individual, the community, the world, the universe. The environmental perspective is obvious, included digs at those belittling it. But the story is told in layers and can be interpreted further than that. One can see Baby Universe as a family fable about love as a condition for growth. One can see it as a parable over creative work and the care for one's own labour, or as a community comparison about human conditions under totalitarian regimes Where does the individual's right to freedom stop? How much can the community claim? Baby Universe is not afraid to pose the most fundamental questions, and during an hour of wondering puppetry it even touches the very meaning of life."