The seas have risen, billions have died and those left behind live in farms atop of skyscrapers atop of mountains. The scientists have tried everything. A last ditch effort to save the human race requires journeying down through mysterious depths of deep blue sea to find a new place for us all to live. Read more …
Enter Alvin Sputnik, he has just lost his wife and now has accepted this perilous mission so that he may follow her soul down to the underworld so that they can be together again once more.
The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer is a multi-award winning one-man micro-epic puppet show that melds technology and multi-media into a touching story of enduring love and the end of the world.
This visually inspired and moving show is created and performed by Australian Tim Watts, who employs a unique blend of mime, puppetry, live and recorded music with animation to present an exploration of the next and oldest frontier: The Deep Blue Sea.Constantly surprising and delightful, technically precise and adept, and fully in the spirit of the lovely fable being recounted.
Underbelly, Edinburgh from Thursday August 4, 2011, until Monday August 29, 2011. 6.00pm. More info: www.underbelly.co.uk