Everybody – Snuff Puppets
Stumble across the world's largest human puppet at Southbank.
Overview
Snuff Puppets have quite literally created a monster. After trialling the idea in 2012, launching a successful crowdfunding campaign, and working tirelessly on perfecting giant eyeballs and getting lost in gargantuan mounds of intertwining intestines, this local puppet company have finally created Everybody.
Measuring in at a staggering 26.5 metres, this terrifying creature is in fact the world's largest human puppet. And, from December 4-6, he'll be staggering around Testing Grounds at Southbank to greet happy-go-lucky art lovers and hoards of traumatised tourists. Though his size makes it seem impossible, he will move around just like any other puppet — operated by a skilled team of puppeteers. Unlike every other puppet, he doesn't necessarily stay in one piece. Audience members are encouraged to play rough with him; most of his body part and organs easily break away from his body.
"Everyone is a grand experiment, a manifestation, celebration and liberation," says artistic director Andy Freer. "I wanted to experiment with the theatre of the human body, the drama, the metaphor and the magic." And, with brains raining down on you from the giant puppet overlord roaming the streets, it's safe to say there'll be no shortage of fun either.
If you miss Everybody this time around, it will also be showing as part of next year's Summersalt Festival. Image: Ponch Hawkes.
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