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FAMOUS PUPPET DEATH SCENES The Old Trouts promise to cure your fear of death; no more anxiety about difficult choices, no more dreading birthdays, no more desperate pleas for immortality through fame, art, or progeny. (read more) Read the performace schedule. |
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PINOCCHIO Donning their leather aprons and clutching their chisels, the Trouts tremulously bring to life the mysterious miscreant Pinocchio, and from their sawdusty workshop he emerges to wreak havoc and magic upon the world. (read more) |
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THE UNLIKELY BIRTH OF ISTVAN Birth, death, and everything in between—a fantastical visual poem about the essence of being human. (read more) |
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BEOWULF An operatic extravaganza based on the thousand-year-old poem, replete with shaggy beasts, prancing Vikings, and singing girls in horned helmets. (read more) |
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THE LAST SUPPER OF ANTONIN CARÊME The Old Trouts summon the ghost of Antonin Carême, Le Cuisinier des rois et le Roi des cuisiniers, grandfather of classical French cuisine. Left alone as a child at the gates of revolutionary Paris, he found apprenticeship at the humble restaurant of an un-named Chef who taught him the mysteries of transcendental cuisine. (read more) |
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THE TOOTH FAIRY A fable of innocence lost—the saga of the soul's leap into adulthood. (And haven't you always wanted to know what the Tooth Fairy does with all those teeth?) (read more) |
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THE ICE KING A gothic allegory of hunger and hallucination, based on the true story of the doomed Franklin Expedition of 1845. (read more) |
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COMMEDIA MODERNA The Old Trouts' bold first venture with Toronto filmmaker Dev Singh into Canada's cinematic underground, funded in part by the Bravo television network. (read more) |
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ROCK CLOCK n' WHISTLE "Part whimsical puppet machine, part astute social commentary...made of scavenged antique farm machinery found throughout Alberta and hand-made puppet creatures...." —DiscoverCalgary.com (read more) |
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PREPOSTEROUS FABLES FOR UNUSUAL CHILDREN A magical series of books for those who frequently find themselves thinking, 'How unusual it is to be me; how preposterous life is!' (read more) |
