See into the future with a miniature puppet show for one eye only. One audience member at a time is invited to put on some headphones and look through a spy hole on a cardboard box covered in newspaper cuttings and filled with found and recycled objects, a single puppeteer will bring this mini world to life through shadow and string puppetry.

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Inside the spy hole theatre - it is the future; it is the year 2080. In the form of a News Bulletin, the world’s last Polar Bear is seen floating on an ice cap off the coast of Mexico. Then a secret world is revealed, from times gone by, a polar bear roaming the ice caps in its true home. 2080 is a tiny show with a poignant tale that touches on one of the world’s biggest challenges, the climate crisis.

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The performance is 3-minutes long and can be repeated almost immediately (after a covid-safe cleaning of the headphones) for the next audience member. It has been designed to be transportable, performed in any location, and suitable for children and adults.

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Below are some pictures of the work at Puppet Mayhem, a curated puppetry night by Blanck Canvas @ The Playground, Melbourne (AU).

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