“Moby Dick” – Yngvild Aspeli at Under The Radar Festival

Created by Plexus Polaire
Directed by Yngvild Aspeli
Presented in association with NYU Skirball, 566 LaGuardia Place.

An ancient white whale, a captain steering his ship into destruction, and the inner storms of the human heart. Moby Dick is the tale of a whaling expedition, but also the story of an obsession or an investigation into the unexplained mysteries of life. To quote Melville: “ It is the image of the ungraspable phantom of life; and this is the key to it all.” With seven actors, 50 puppets, video projections, a drowned orchestra, and a whale-sized whale, Yngvild Aspeli stages this visual adaptation of this wonderful beast of a book.

After New York, Moby Dick will be presented at Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival 

With the support of FACE Contemporary Theater, a program by Villa Albertine and FACE Foundation.