Welcome to the New Now, a time in which written language has been forbidden and forgotten. Those who desire to have their love letters written and read must make a dangerous journey to the secret and illegal camp of She, the Keeper of the Lost Hand. Aided by the mysterious showman Me, She recounts how her past led her to be one of the last people able to read and write in cursive. The tandem tale of Zako Budaydos and His Dancing Bear illuminates the time of the Before, when the carnival performer had to rely on wit, love, and a secret coded language in order to survive. Internationally renowned playwright and puppeteer Ronnie Burkett has once again created a fascinating and provocative world as a love letter for increasingly uncivilized times.
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There are frequent calls to the audience to participate, with up to 100 people in the audience, while performing. This includes puppets being given to each person, a person who controls a phonograph and more.
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2019, Luminato Festival, Toronto
2022
Playwrights Canada Press
9780369101570
If one were to perform this play in lieu of Ronnie, they would need puppeteering skills and the puppets themselves. Apt description of the show: https://puppetsinreview.home.blog/2021/01/31/ronnie-bukett-forget-me-not/
If one were to perform this play in lieu of Ronnie, they would need puppeteering skills and the puppets themselves. Apt description of the show: https://puppetsinreview.home.blog/2021/01/31/ronnie-bukett-forget-me-not/
Historical
In word!sound!powah! young dub poet Benu Sankofa is swept up in the violence of the infamous 1980 national election in Jamaica. The country is on the cusp of a political coup, and in the heat of the struggle between young radicals and the establishment, Benu is arrested. She finds strength in her maternal ancestors to fight for the freedom she believes in.
Play with Music
A solo show telling the story of four friends, united in childhood and their lives in present-day Jamaica: a picture of lust, love and the forces that would seek to deny them. They navigate their complex relationships and love against a backdrop of misogyny and homophobia.
