Krazy Kat
Thursday 5 August & Friday 6 August, 19.30
Tête à Tête: Seed Bed Production
Music: Joanna Lee, Words: Howard Skempton
Featuring: Omar Ebrahim, Sarah Leonard, Joseph Shovelton, Alison Wells and CHROMA Ensemble
It’s a love triangle between a saintly and philosophical cat, a cynical egotist of a mouse and Ignatz, who obsessively seeks to “bean that Kat’s noodle” with a brick. Krazy, blind with love and an idealistic naivety, awaits each brick with joy.
Based on the comic strip Krazy Kat (1913-44) and its cartoonist George Herriman it is set in Coconino County, a landscape inspired by the Navajo lands of Monument Valley in Arizona with endlessly shifting skies, burnt-orange buttes and mesas, flapjack moons and lunatic cacti.
A work in progress brought to life with Tête à Tête’s ingenious flair.
music Joanna Lee, words Howard Skempton
directed Bill Bankes Jones
designed Fabrice Serafino
with: Omar Ebrahim, Sarah Leonard, Joseph Shovelton and Alison Wells
orchestra: CHROMA
To see video of Tête à Tête’s work at last year’s Festival CLICK HERE!
