Description

Target Audience: All ages

Duration: 60 minutes

Synopsis 

Finally, it’s about time! An all-powerful wizard who will face the climate crisis and save the world? We’ve been waiting long enough for that, haven’t we?

With physical theatre, object-puppetry and live music, Foolish Doom offers an antidote to today’s climate of “doom”, inviting the audience to hope.

The great wizard Burnhart and his loyal companion Pippa come to Earth with a lofty ambition: to save the world! When they arrive, they find an epic mess and a cacophony of conflicting human voices, proclaiming both enchanting solutions and disastrous dystopias. Will the wizard and Pippa find a way to make sense of it all?

With razor-sharp wit and a healthy dose of positive energy, Foolish Doom reminds us that real change begins when we recognise the power we each hold.

Credits:

Written & Co-Created by Matteo Destro, Peter Sweet & Leonie Baker

Director & Masks: Matteo Destro

Performers: Peter Sweet & Leonie Baker

Music Composition: Lorenzo Bergamino

Costumes: Antonia Munaretti

Set Design: Christian Peter

Sound Design: Dietmar Schmidt

Trailer: The Understory

Photos: Kinzza Production & David Poznic Photography, Simon Reitzle

Supported by Goethe-Institut Indonesian

Artist Profile

Tiny Colossus Productions is a theatre company founded by Peter Sweet and Leonie Baker. Their performances tell stories using physical theatre techniques, puppetry, and live music. Tackle big topics with a playful approach. Their goal is to create interactive theatre experiences that ignite the hearts and minds of children, teenagers and adults alike.

Peter Sweet has been working as a performer, director, and teacher of physical theatre and contemporary circus since 2000. Originally from San Francisco (CA, USA), he lives in Berlin (DE). His solo and duo shows, Meet Pete Sweet, Swinging High, and BOOM!, have toured in over 20 countries.

Leonie Baker is a performer and producer from England and based in Berlin, Germany. Trained in dance and piano, she is also self-taught in puppetry and object animation. 

Matteo Destro is one of the most prominent mask makers and directors in mask theatre. Matteo studied with Jacques Lecoq at the L'École Internationale de Théâtre in Paris before studying mask making with the renowned master Donato Sartori. He co-founded Teatro Punto in 2000 and Larven Teatro in 2004, and since 2015, he has directed the international centre Atelier Mask Movement Theatre.

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