Thistle Theatre presents: THE GINGERBREAD BOY
Every child’s dream come true – a magical world of candy, cookies and ice cream. Ollie the Oven bakes cakes and cookies, Bill the Chill makes ice cream treats and Sweetie, a copper kettle, cooks up candy and chocolate confections. When too much spice is poured into the batter, out pops a mischievous Gingerbread Boy who stops the production of holiday goodies. Pepper Mint, a shipping clerk, runs after the Gingerbread Boy on a chase through Candyland. The chase takes them through Candy Cane Lane, past a Snow Man in the Icicle Alps and into the Soda Swamp inhabited by the Gummy Gator. The traditional story told with an original twist.
Thistle Theatre specializes in tabletop Bunraku, a variation of the ancient Japanese style of puppetry. The puppeteers, dressed head-to-toe in black to suggest invisibility, operate all of the character’s limbs by hand from behind. A talented ensemble of puppeteers, André Nelson, Zane Exactly and Gina Wilhelm perform all character voices and songs live in a production directed by Jean Enticknap with music and songs by Sue Ennis.
Funded in part by 4Culture/King County Lodging Tax.
Performance Schedule and Ticket Information:
BYT-Ivanhoe Theatre
16661 Northup Way, Bellevue, WA 98008
Dec. 3, 4 (2:00 PM & 4:00 PM)
Sunset Hill Community Club
3003 NW 66th St, Seattle, WA 98117
Dec. 10, 11 (1:00 PM & 3:00 PM)
Thistle Studio at Magnuson Park
6310 NE 74th St, Seattle, WA 98115
Dec. 17, 18 (1:00 PM & 3:00 PM)
All individual tickets are $10.
Purchase tickets at www.thistletheatre.org or www.brownpapertickets.com
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