The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer is a multi 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.
The event takes place in the Banff Centre’s Margaret Greenham Theatre, Saturday (April 15) at 2 and 7:30 p.m., with $12 general admission.
Alvin Sputnik is an all ages show, created by Tim Watts, which examines the way in which the seas have risen, billions have died and those who are left live on farms atop skyscrapers, atop mountains.
Scientists have tried everything, space probes found nothing, and giant sponges, visible from the moon, are now rotting icons of failure.
Now, science and humanity turn to the oceans. A last ditch effort to save the human race requires a journey through the mysterious depths of the deep blue sea to find a place for us to live. Alvin Sputnik, who just lost his wife, accepts the perilous mission to follow her soul to the underworld so they can be together again.
Watts 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.
Among the awards Sputnik has received are outstanding solo show at the New York Fringe Festival and best puppetry at the Adelaide Fringe.
