A man dances a love duet with a glass, a diva drinks to forget, Bud the action hero plumber drowns behind the bar, and Jack Belane, tiny detective, totally fucks up a case.

A barload of desperate puppetry inspired by the short stories of Charles Bukowski.

Beautiful, funny, poeic, moving gin-soaked cabaret of deadbeats and losers in a world where Puppetry meets Tom Waits. Your world will never be the same again.

Welcome to the Low Life cabaret - where the puppets live alongside the people...

 

"Mad, bad and beautiful in equal measure"
**** The Guardian, Today's Picks

"Stories... brought to quite stunning animated life by the gorgeous puppets of Blind Summit theatre"
***** Timeout Critic's Choice

"a transfixing show"
The Daily Telegraph

"if you are looking for original and adult entertainment, put this high on your list."
*** The Times

"The puppet truly took on a life of its own as, alone in the dark, he drank himself - and us - into magical oblivion"
*** The Metro, London

"Blind Summit brilliantly evokes the atmosphere of Bukowski’s America"
Fringe Report

"Take a note of the name. You’ll be hearing lots more from them"
**** The Herald

"This is what the Edinburgh festival is about: sitting in a cavern at 10.40 in the morning and watching unknowns blow an audience away with their talent."
Timeout, All the world's a stage

“Much more dark satirists than traditional puppeteers, Blind Summit will trash what you have come to expect from this art form. ”
*** The Metro Edinburgh, Make My Day

"Fabulous to see UK puppetry for grown ups take the fringe by storm!"
Total Theatre

Shortlisted for a Total Theatre Award

CREATIVE TEAM

Devised by : Blind Summit Theatre
Puppet Design : Nick Barnes
Direction : Mark Down
Lighting Design : Fiona Simpson

Original cast : Mark Down, Nick Barnes, Finn Caldwell, Giulia Innocenti

 

CASTS

2005 - 2006 (ORIGINAL CAST)
BAC, Edinburgh Fringe, LIMF, Festival des Sept Collines
Mark Down, Nick Barnes, Finn Caldwell, Giulia Innocenti

2007
Edinburgh Fringe, UK Tour, XIth Iberoamerican Festival in Bogota
Mark Down, Curtis Jordan, Ben Thompson, Mhairi Steenbock

2008
Monterrey Festival Intimo, Ruhrfestspiele
Mark Down, Curtis Jordan, Ben Thompson, Josie Daxter

2008
British Council supported Tour of China
Ben Thompson, Eugenius Serjegevias, Martin Barron, Josie Daxter

2009
BAC, Copenhagen Puppet Festival, Sri Lanka
Stuart Angell, Eugenius Serjegevias, Martin Barron, Anna Martine