“Moby Dick” – Yngvild Aspeli at Under The Radar Festival
Moby Dick at The Public Theater - Under The Radar
January 12-14, 2023| 7:30 pm
ALREADY CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, MOBY DICK (…) CAN HARDLY BE DESCRIBED AS ANYTHING MORE THAN A VISUAL AND ATMOSPHERIC MASTERPIECE OF PUPPET THEATRE. UNUSUAL SYNERGIES OCCUR IN THE ROOM.
– Scenekunst
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.
