Monthly Archive: June 2024

NEXT TEMPTATION: PLEASURE ISLAND

Now the Blue Fairy makes her second appearance. Pinocchio and Jiminy are commiserating inside the birdcage, the cricket failing dismally at cheering up the puppet and only making himself more miserable. Outside the window the rain has abated and suddenly...

SHIPS CROSSING IN THE NIGHT

Post show inside Stromboli’s wagon chowing down on “Italian” cuisine – i.e. sausage, wine, olives, cheese and garlic – the puppetmaster tallies his take, Pinocchio now sidelined, observing. Furious at finding a slug amongst the gold, the puppeteer has a...

PINOCCHIO STARS IN PUPPET SHOW

Crickets being nocturnal insects, Jiminy has overslept and is late for his first day on the conscience job. Dashing along a street and at the same time – in a mind-boggling feat of animation – pulling on his jacket, tucking...