La La Luna is enchanting. And Mad. And funny. And magical. And enthralling!
It transcends all ages and cultures. The audience, from the very young to the very old, was entranced and mesmerised by Wolfe Bowart’s amazing one-man show telling the story of the night the light in the moon went out.
Instead of weeping and wailing, Bowart’s protagonist decides to relight the moon, and the audience is taken on a madcap ride with him. He takes the blown light bulb from the moon, and then the replacement shatters. The rest of the story is taken up with his search for another bulb, and the adventures he meets along the way. His relighting of the moon at the end is touching.
Almost without dialogue, Bowart creates a parallel universe where nothing is as it seems. He arrives on a unicycle accompanied by the ever-present white rabbit, which proceeds to torment him throughout the tale. There are birds, giant balloons, suitcases on which he stands precariously, huge bouncing spheres, and many more white rabbits which he consistently throws offstage, only to have them return.
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Friday July 23 2010 10:21 a.m.