Billy Twinkle

By (author): Ronnie Burkett

Standing at the edge of the ship, contemplating a watery demise, Billy is called back to reality when his dead mentor Sid Diamond appears as a handpuppet. Sid forces Billy to re-enact his life as a puppet show, rekindling the passion Billy once had for puppets, people, and the dream of a life that sparkles. For anyone stuck in the middle—mid-career, mid-love, mid-life—this requiem for a golden boy shines a little light on the wonder of youth meeting the wisdom of age.

AUTHOR

Ronnie Burkett

Ronnie Burkett has been captivated by puppetry since the age of seven, when he opened the World Book Encyclopedia to “Puppets.” He began touring his puppet shows at the age of fourteen and has been on the road ever since. Ronnie has received numerous awards in Canadian theatre as a playwright, actor, and designer for his work with Theatre of Marionettes, including the Herbert Whittaker Drama Bench Award for Outstanding Contribution to Canadian Theatre, and international recognition including a Village Voice OBIE Award in New York for Off Broadway Theatre. From his peers, Ronnie has received three Citations for Excellence in the Art of Puppetry from the American Center of the Union Internationale de la Marionnette and the President’s Award from the Puppeteers of America. Recognized as one of the world’s foremost theatre artists, his work has created an unprecedented adult audience for puppet theatre, and continuously plays to great critical and public acclaim in Canada, the U.K., Australia, Germany, Austria, Sweden, and elsewhere. Ronnie is the 2009 recipient of the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre. When not wiggling dollies in front of strangers, Ronnie lives in Toronto.

Reviews

“A masterpiece. Billy Twinkle brings us a world-class master at the peak of his powers.” —The Edmonton Sun
“Burkett’s creation is a detailed and intricate world that unfolds with almost cinematic vision. Echoes of Shakespearean tragedy resonate through the work, not only through the appropriation of the Bard’s text but also through our hero’s journey… smart, funny, adult contemporary theatre.” —Australian Stage

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Dimensions:

104 Pages
8.37in * 5.37in * .27in
153.00gr

Published:

December 01, 2009

ISBN:

9780887548857

9781770912212 – EPUB

9781770918498 – MobiPocket

9781770918481 – PDF

Book Subjects:

DRAMA / Canadian

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Language:

eng

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