Lee Bryan: Pinocchio November 28, 2009

Lee Bryan, That Puppet Guy, is back with his fantastic, frenetic re-imagining of the story of Pinocchio in which he uses masks, audience participation and found-object puppetry. The characters are constructed from various recycled items such as kitchen utensils, baskets and tennis rackets. Bryan himself brings hilarity to many masked characters while a hodgepodge of household items takes on the other roles. Pinocchio is made of a collection of baskets and wooden spoons; the delinquent boy Lampwick is an actual lamp, and a few pots and pans stand in as the scheming Fox and Cat.