Playwright

• Darren Ivany The Kraken & The Brass Button Man
• Dylan Farrell The Brass Button Man
• Louise Gauthier The Brass Button Man
• David Lane The Brass Button Man
• Baptiste Neis The Brass Button Man
• Jamie Skidmore The Brass Button Man
• Michael Smith The Brass Button Man
• Chris Parsons Composer for The Kraken & The Brass Button Man

Director

• Jamie Skidmore The Kraken & The Brass Button Man

Cast

• Darren Ivany Fisherman/Puppeteer in The Kraken, Lead Puppeteer/Voices in The Brass Button Man
• Kimberly Drake Beverly Rose in The Kraken
• Michael Smith Mother/Merchant/Puppeteer in The Kraken, Lead Puppeteer/Voices in The Brass Button Man
• Lucas Ings-Simms Ba/Puppeteer in The Kraken, Additional Puppetry/Crankie Box in The Brass Button Man
• Robyn Vivian Puppeteer in The Kraken, Additional Puppetry/Crankie Box in The Brass Button Man

Crew

• Jamie Skidmore Puppet Designer for The Kraken
• Sheldon Downey Stage Manager for The Kraken & The Brass Button Man
• Nathan Gerow Assistant Director/Assistant Stage Manager for The Kraken & The Brass Button Man
• Mike Feehan Puppet Designer for The Brass Button Man
• David Lane Panorama Designer for The Brass Button Man

Description

The Kraken: When the quaint town of Pickled Capelin Cove is besieged by a Leviathan from the sea, it’s up to the town’s most precocious resident, Beverley Rose, and her pet sheep, Ba, to try and save the day.

The Brass Button Man: A folktale from Burnt Islands, the Brass Button Man, a local legend, haunts the local strait on foggy nights. If you’re on the strait in the fog he will sneak up on you, tap you on the shoulder, and ask for brass buttons. If you have one – you’re safe, but if you don’t he will take you away in his dory, never to be seen again. Told through shadow puppets and moving panoramas, reflective of the storytelling traditions of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Production type

• RCA Presentation

Producing Partners

• Under the Bridge Productions
• Salt Teeth Theatre Company