Puppeteers for Fears
Puppeteers for Fears presents--Cthulhu: the Musical!
Zanzabar
2100 S Preston St
Louisville, KY 40217
Jul 11, 2024
8:00 PM EDT
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A rock’n’roll retelling of the horror classic “The Call of Cthulhu,” performed entirely with puppets.
Detective LaGrasse is searching for a murderer. Francine Thurston’s uncle vanished. The only clue to both mysteries is a bizarre statue worshiped by a nightmarish cult. And it’s leading both of them out to sea, toward a mysterious island from their nightmares—and toward insanity. But, you know, with singing puppets.
Puppeteers for Fears, Oregon's premier rock'n'roll puppet troupe, presents an original show that, in a sensible universe, would be impossible: a feature-length musical comedy adaptation of one of the least musical or comedic stories ever: H.P. Lovecraft’s cosmic horror classic, The Call of Cthulhu—performed entirely with puppets, and a live band.
See noir detectives, dancing tentacles, anarchist pirates, broken-hearted academics, sassy monsters, and more, as they sing and dance their way to love, madness, and possibly the end of the world.
“You haven’t truly experienced Lovecraft’s madness until you’ve experienced it in its truest form: As a puppet musical.” —The Portland Mercury
“The most blasphemous ritual of singing and dancing since Chicago.” —SyFy Wire
"I don't even like puppets. But that was some next-level puppet shit." —Susan, audience member
Runtime: two hours+ with one intermission. Rated R for language and themes. Includes some flashing lights.
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Thyla
June 16th 2024
Super fun show. I had no idea what to expect and this was great. I definitely will go see them again if they come back through my town (and I hope they do).
Madison, WI@The Bur Oak
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Puppeteers for Fears is an Oregon-based comedy troupe, specializing in original horror and science fiction rock’n’roll musicals performed with puppets. The company was founded as a one-night-only cabaret show for Halloween 2015, but was so popular that its various members kept going and never looked back. In the time since, PFF has written and performed a half dozen original rock and roll musicals covering everything from supernatural monsters to killer robots to lonely sasquatches, and sold out venues all over the west coast with its innovative and hilarious combination of puppetry, video, and live music.
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