Manual Cinema’s “Christmas Carol”| Dec. 16, 2020 at 10 a.m. | Carlsen Center Virtual Event| A Chicago-based shadow puppet theater present an imaginative reinvention of Charles Dickens’ holiday classic.
Manual Cinema, a Chicago-based shadow puppet theater, brings together hundreds of puppets, miniatures, silhouettes and a live original score to tell an imaginative reinvention of Charles Dickens’ holiday classic. The Carlsen Center presents the world premiere of Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol. An avowed holiday skeptic, Aunt Trudy has been recruited to channel the Christmas cheer of her late husband, Joe. From the isolation of her Chicago apartment, she reconstructs his annual Christmas Carol puppet show over a Zoom call while the family celebrates Christmas Eve under lockdown. But as Trudy becomes more absorbed in her own version of the story, the puppets take on a life of their own. The family’s call then transforms into a stunning cinematic adaptation of Dickens’ classic story.
Tickets are $20 per household. This Virtual show will be performed live in Manual Cinema’s Chicago studio and livestreamed by Marquee TV.
Phone: 9134694445
Email: carlsencenter@jccc.edu
2020/12/16 - 2020/12/18
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Manual Cinema, a Chicago-based shadow puppet theater, brings together hundreds of puppets, miniatures, silhouettes and a live original score to tell an imaginative reinvention of Charles Dickens’ holiday classic. The Carlsen Center presents the world premiere of Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol. An avowed holiday skeptic, Aunt Trudy has been recruited to channel the Christmas cheer of her late husband, Joe. From the isolation of her Chicago apartment, she reconstructs his annual Christmas Carol puppet show over a Zoom call while the family celebrates Christmas Eve under lockdown. But as Trudy becomes more absorbed in her own version of the story, the puppets take on a life of their own. The family’s call then transforms into a stunning cinematic adaptation of Dickens’ classic story.
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