7:30pm Everything was perfect in the midnight garden. The flowers grew, the fairies flew, the grobbity grobbits danced a merry dance in the twinkly moonlight. Then one day, without warning, the deranged gardener from next door threw the shed door wide, and let loose the massive-evil pitchfork-of-doom!
PIXIEMATOSIS is a happy/sad tale of tiny extraordinary creatures living in a nocturnal paradise who realise, far too late, that they are being exploited for a distinctly sinister purpose.
Featuring sqwonky puppets, odd-automata and a slew of charity-shop rejects, PIXIEMATOSIS is not unlike watching a lost episode of Bagpuss, filmed by the Tales of the Unexpected crew… or witnessing Fingermouse being folded up and used to stop a pub table wobbling.
Come along, be charmed, be appalled; get swept up in the existential madness of it all, Plus Meet the puppets on stage after the performance!
“We loved Pixiematosis and people still talk about how brilliant it was.”
Jack Robson - Crediton Arts Centre
“There is a lot of love in this show. Surprises delightful and traumatic. Laughter and horror. I highly recommend it."
Audience member - Ashburton Arts Centre
The Team
Marc Parrett - Writer, director, designer, performer
Nicole Colbert - Director, technician, creative support
Ione Vaughan - Associate Producer