I am an award-winning playwright and fringe festival performer (Resume: http://andrewwade.ca/acting-resume/), who has for years now had a silly, potent, odd little idea rolling around the back of his brain:
I want to create an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s Salome with a cast of four actors and a fleet of puppets.
When I say, ‘an adaptation’, I mean more, taking out some repetition and making the play’s structure more puppet-friendly, but keeping the intense human drama and art of the show. For those who are unfamiliar, in Salome, a woman tempts a ruler into offering her anything that she desires in exchange for a seductive dance of the veils. Salome then demands the severed head of John The Baptist.
Heavy stuff, right? But what if that is balanced by having every minor character be portrayed by forearm-length puppets? Does the play keep its potency? Does the absurdity amplify the tragedy?
This is all a grand, strange experiment.
On the practical side, the Awesome Shit Club’s contributions would finance renting out The Havana for a performance run and maybe cover some puppet-building materials. My collaborators would be friends with Banff Puppetry Workshop experience and a love for creativity.
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