Perth Theatre Company presents a Weeping Spoon Production of
THE ADVENTURES OF ALVIN SPUTNIK: DEEP SEA EXPLORER by Tim Watts.
The seas have risen, billions have died and those who are left live on farms atop skyscrapers, atop mountains. The scientists have tried everything.
Floating islands sank, space probes found nothing, and the giant sponges, visible from the moon, are now rotting icons of failure.
Now science and humanity are turning to the oceans themselves. A last ditch effort to save the human race requires journeying down through the mysterious depths of the deep blue sea to find a new place for us to live.
Alvin Sputnik, who has just lost his wife, accepts this perilous mission so that he may to follow her soul down to the underworld so that they can be together again once more.
The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer is an award-winning one-man micro-epic puppet show that melds technology and multimedia into a touching story of enduring love and the end of the world.
A visually inspired solo show, The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer is created and performed by Tim Watts, who employs an unique blend of mime, puppetry, live and recorded music, and animation to present an exploration of the next and oldest frontier: the deep blue sea.
Watts debuted The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer at Perth’s Blue Room Theatre in June 2009 before presenting a highly successful season at the New York International Fringe Festival, where it was awarded “Outstanding Solo Show” and received rave reviews.
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"Alvin Sputnik,’ an endearing Australian solo show told in stick-figure animation and puppetry...akin to a theatrical “Wall-E"
The New York Times
“Four stars. It’s a bit like Waterworld and The Abyss meeting Finding Nemo – as directed by Edward Gorey.”
Time Out New York
“…. I highly doubt any $40 million Broadway spectacles could pack such an emotional wallop into two-and-a-half hours as Mr Watts does into 45 minutes.”
Broadwayworld.com
Reviews
- New York Times: Review - At the Fringe: Exploring With ‘Alvin Sputnik’
- nytheatre.com: Review - The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer
- Theatre Mania: Review - Fringe NYC 2009: Roundup #4
- Time Out New York: Review - Four Stars
- Broadwayworld.com: Review - Fringe 2009: The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik, Deep Sea Explorer
- New Theater Corps: Review - Fringe NYC 2009
- Australian Stage: Review - Adelaide Fringe 2010
- Glam Adelaide: Review - Adelaide Fringe 2010
- The Sunday Mail: Review - Adelaide Fringe 2010
- Festival Freak: Review - Adelaide Fringe 2010
Cast & Crew
- Chris Isaacs
Technical Adviser - Tim Watts
Performer, Deviser, Director and Producer