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REVIEWS AND PRESS:
Famous Puppet Death Scenes
The Unlikely Birth of Istvan
Pinocchio
Beowulf
The Last Supper of Antonin Carême
The Tooth Fairy

PRINTABLE DOWNLOADS:
Reviews and Press (RTF Word Doc - 48 KB)
Old Trout Promotional Package (PDF - 312 KB)


PRESS AND VENUES:
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WHAT THE PRESS HAS SAID:

“A wonderfully innovative delight.” (4 out of 4 stars)
The Globe & Mail

“One of the wildest, wackiest, most inventive
puppet shows you're ever likely to see.” (4 out of 4 stars)
The Toronto Star

“Indelible visuals . . . weird and wonderful . . .
by turns comic, macabre, and sublimely surreal.”
The Globe & Mail

“If Old Trout keeps producing work like this, it will surely become
one of the most vibrant and vital puppet companies in the world.”
The Calgary Sun

“A truly original theatre experience . . . universal and visceral.”
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“Someday very soon there will be a style of puppetry that will come
to be known as ‘Old Trout-like’—it’s just too good not to be imitated.”
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“Alberta’s own miraculous Old Trout Puppet Workshop.”
The Calgary Herald

“[D]eeply felt and intelligent . . . one of the best [theatre companies in Calgary].”
Calgary Magazine

“Utterly captivating.”
The Ottawa Citizen

‘Marvelous . . . dazzling . . . it is as if we have stumbled
on a group of talented overgrown children.”
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