Podcast appearances and mentions of basil twist

On the latest Whisper in the Wings from Stage Whisper, we welcomed on the curator of Puppetopia 2025 Basil Twist and the director of the headlining piece, Harlem Doll Palace, Ash Winkfield. They joined us to talk about their upcoming productions coming to HERE Arts Center. So make sure that you tune in to hear all about some amazing puppet theatre, and get your tickets for theses events while you still can!Puppetopia 2025May 21st- June 1st @ HERE Arts CenterTickets and more information are available at here.orgThe Harlem Doll PalaceHeadliner for this year's festivitiesAnd be sure to follow our guests to stay up to date on all their upcoming projects and productions:basiltwist.comalvapuppettheater.comashleywinkfield.com

We sit down with puppeteer Basil Twist, the creator of the stunning puppets at the heart of stage production ‘My Neighbour Totoro’. Then: we catch up with Séan Doran, the artistic director of Arts Over Borders. He’s leading the charge with a major new Samuel Beckett biennale and a rather extraordinary multi-decade production of one Beckett play. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Renowned puppeteer Basil Twist, long inspired by traditional Japanese puppetry, creates cutting edge puppets for the hit play "My Neighbour Totoro." Here's what we talk about in this episode: Art, Creativity, Culture, Design, Entertainment, Inspiration

Dogugaeshi plays at the Japan Society through September 19th. For more information, visit www.japansociety.org. Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstageThe Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

In this episode, Vangeline has a conversation with her collaborator Emmy-Award winner Machine Dazzle, discussing their new project "Venus Ex Machina", costumes for MAN WOMAN, life as an artist, and the importance of saying yes. For more information about this new project visit www.vangeline.com and Instagram Instagram: @machinedazzle @vangelinebutoh https://www.vangeline.com/news/2024/8/15/venus-ex-machina-machine-dazzle-and-vangeline Machine Dazzle. Emmy award winner and beloved downtown bon vivant and all-around creative provocateur Machine Dazzle has been dazzling stages via costumes, sets, and performances since his arrival in New York in 1994. An artist, costume designer, set designer, singer/songwriter, art director, and maker, Machine describes himself as a radical queer emotionally driven, instinct-based concept artist and thinker trapped in the role of costume designer, sometimes. Machine designs intricate, unconventional wearable art pieces and bespoke installations. As a stage designer, Machine has collaborated with artists from the New York downtown scene and beyond – including Julie Atlas Muz, Big Art Group, Mx. Justin Vivian Bond, Taylor Mac, Basil Twist, Godfrey Reggio, Jennifer Miller, The Dazzle dancers, Big Art Group, Mike Albo, Stanley Love, Soomi Kim, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Opera Philadelphia, the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, the Curran Theatre, and Spiegelworld; and has created bespoke looks for fashion icons including designer Diane von Furstenberg and model Cara Delevingne for the 2019 Metropolitan Museum of Art Gala. Machine's costumes and sets were featured in Taylor Mac's Pulitzer Prize-nominated A 24-Decade History of Popular Music. A documentary feature film directed by Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein and co-produced by Pomegranate Arts will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2023. In 2019, Machine was commissioned by Guggenheim Works and Process and The Rockefeller Brothers to create Treasure, a rock-and-roll cabaret of original songs including a fashion show inspired by the content. Recent collaborations include the Catalyst Quartet on Bassline Fabulous – a reimagining of Bach's Goldberg Variations at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and his debut collaboration with Opera Lafayette, for the historic premiere of the never-before-seen Rameau comedic opéra-ballet, Io. Dazzle was a co-recipient the 2017 Bessie Award for Outstanding Visual Design, the winner of a 2017 Henry Hewes Design Award, and a 2022 United States Artists Fellow. He delivered a TED Talk at TED Vancouver in 2023. Machine Dazzle's work has been exhibited internationally. His first solo exhibition, Queer Maximalism x Machine Dazzle, was held at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City in 2022. https://www.vangeline.com/ https://www.pomegranatearts.com/projects-and-artists/machine-dazzle https://www.hbo.com/movies/taylor-macs-24-decade-history-of-popular-music

In this pre-recorded episode, Book of Mountains and Seas composer and librettist Huang Ruo and director and production designer Basil Twist join Beth Morrison for this post-performance conversation to discuss this adaptation of Chinese mythology, reshaped to match contemporary times.

Lisa Niedermeyer hosts this episode exploring the connections between puppetry in contemporary dance and emerging technologies such as augmented reality, artificial intelligence and spatial computing. The episode focuses on a  piece titled "Underground River" which was conceived and directed by Jane Comfort and developed in residency at Jacob's Pillow. We hear from puppet artist Basil Twist, the director and choreographer Jane Comfort, and one of the performers, Stephen Nunley.Watch an excerpt of Underground River: https://danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org/jane-comfort-and-company/underground-river/

Nutcracker returns once again to Chicago's Lyric Opera! A part of many folks' holiday traditions, Ioanna and Aaron are so excited to learn about the show from Joffrey Ballet Company Artist, Victoria Jaiani! In her 20th year with the company, Victoria will fill the role of “The Mother” in this year's Nutcracker. We chat with her about the timeless beauty of the show, and what it means for her to continue performing 20 years after joining Joffrey. Victoria twirls us a tale of history as we hear about how she learned to dance in her home country of Georgia before going to New York for further learning. Plus, she shares some behind the scenes highlights from her time with Joffrey. And learn more about what it takes to create such beautiful art! And (so cute), Victoria is married to retired Joffrey dancer Temur Suluashvili! She is kind, funny, and so seasoned in the art of dance, so you won't want to miss this interview! Follow Joffrey: @joffreyballet Follow Victoria: @victoriajaiani Get Tickets Now: (https://joffrey.org/) Nutcracker 2023 (Description From Joffrey Ballet) The Joffrey Ballet's critically-acclaimed reimagined classic, The Nutcracker by Tony Award®-winning choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, returns to celebrate the magic of the holiday season. Wheeldon's American tale relocates Marie and her immigrant family to the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, where Marie embarks on a whirlwind adventure with the Nutcracker Prince. A ballet in two acts set to Tchaikovsky's classic score, The Nutcracker features an award-winning creative team, including Tony Award®-nominated set and costume designer Julian Crouch, Caldecott Medal Award-winning author Brian Selznick, Obie and Drama Desk award-winning puppeteer Basil Twist, Tony Award®-winning lighting designer Natasha Katz and Tony Award®-winning projection designer Ben Pearcy/59 Productions.

Michael and Jake talk with Basil Twist, the puppetry designer for the stage production of My Neighbour Totoro, which recently premiered at the Barbican Centre in London.Join us on Patreon for ad-free and bonus episodes, Discord access and show footnotes and more: Patreon.com/ghibliothequeEmail us: ghibliotheque@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @ghibliotheque and Instagram @ghibliotheque.pod.@MichaelJLeader – Michael@jakehcunningham – Jake@_stephwatts - Steph Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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If These Walls Could Talk with Wendy Stuart & Tym MossHosts: WENDY STUART & TYM MOSSSpecial guest: JOEY ARIASWednesday, December 22nd2pm EST LIVE from PANGEA Restaurant, NYCWatch LIVE on YouTube at Wendy Stuart TVA fixture of New York City's vibrant downtown performance scene for 30-plus years, Joey Arias is a bona fide NYC icon. In 2012 he appeared in a headlining solo concert at Central Park SummerStage and played the Southbank Centre in London as part of the Antony Hagerty-curated Meltodwn Festival. Then in October Z Chromosome, a short film starring Arias and directed by Manfred (Thierry) Mugler opened the 18th Annual Festival Chéries-Chéris in Paris. Spring 2013 sees Joey Arias in Residence at Joe's Pub over 4 Sundays and on tour in the Western United States beginning with a Valentines Day concert at the world-famous Castro Theatre.Arias lived and worked with legendary musician Klaus Nomi until Nomi's death in 1983. However, he has long since stepped out of Nomi's shadow to gain fame in his own right as a performance artist, cabaret singer and drag artist. From outrageous performances at seminal New York nightclubs Jackie 60 and Squeezebox to the now-legendary nights at Bar d'O where he held court with Raven-O and Sherry Vine, Arias has distinguished himself with scandalous wit, sleek style and an extraordinary voice… evocative of Lady Day yet uniquely his own.It was no surprise when Arias was tapped by Cirque du Soleil to originate the role of the emcee in their Las Vegas spectacular Zumanity, for which he co-wrote 3 songs. After 6 years in that role, Arias returned to New York where he became star and co-creator of Arias With a Twist with master puppeteer Basil Twist. The show was a critical and commercial hit and extended repeatedly for a total of 8 months at HERE Arts Center. The show has been subsequently presented in Los Angeles, Washington DC and Paris and returned to New York for another critically acclaimed, encore 8-week run at Abrons Arts Center in Fall 2011. The “Arias With A Twist” docu-fantasy premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and had it's US premiere at the 2011 TriBeca Film Festival.In 2010 Arias returned to New York City with his first full-length concerts in over a decade. Joey Arias in Concert – featuring new jazz luminary Ben Allison and a band comprised of some of NYC's best musicians – played to sold-out houses for two weeks at Abrons Arts Center. A scaled down version of the show opened the Spiegeltent at Bard SummerScape in 2011.Arias has performed worldwide at venues including Carnegie Hall, The Freedom Theatre in London and on a transatlantic world tour into the cabaret clubs of Paris, Tokyo, Moscow, Germany, Finland, Estonia, Canada and England. On film, he has appeared in Mondo New York, Big Top Pee Wee, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, Wigstock – The Movie, Flawless and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar. Television credits include the infamous Saturday Night Live episode with David Bowie and Klaus Nomi, Ann Magnuson's Vandemonium (Cinemax), Elvira's MTV Halloween Special, HBOs Dragtime, HBO's Real Sex and Gayer Than Gay on VH1, along with numerous appearances on a wide variety of talk shows and programs. Additionally, Arias has produced several of his own recordings including Arias on Holiday, Strange Fruit, Jazzo Lozo, God Shave the Queen and live recordings of StarLust in Berlin, Arias with a Twist and Bar D'o in New York.Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style, of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstories of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing their audience along for a fantastic ride.Wendy Stuart is an author, celebrity interviewer, model, filmmaker and hosts “Pandemic Cooking With Wendy,” a popular Youtube comedic cooking show born in the era of Covid-19, and TriVersity Talk, a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community.Tym Moss is a popular NYC singer, actor, and radio/tv host who recently starred in the hit indie film “JUNK” to critical acclaim.

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In this week's episode, we talk with actor and puppeteer Emma Wade about her work with objects and space. Listen as we get into some silly and fun object work spontaneously during our chat! Emma Wade is an actor, puppeteer, teacher and director based in the north-east. She has trained closely under the mentor-ship of Lenard Petit in NYC, developing in-depth explorations of Michael Chekhov Technique for actors. Her work with Chekhov continues to grow and to cultivate her own offerings as a teacher and performer. Before this mentorship in NYC, Emma was primarily working with puppetry. She has had professional experiences with puppetry legends such as Bread and Puppet Theatre, Ralph Lee and Basil Twist. She will share at Thumbprint Studio's Tea her thoughts on how actors might benefit from exploring puppetry for developing work in isolation and in virtual spaces. Edited by: Rachel Post Intro & Outro Music by: Marc Young Transcript: TBA --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prints-unedited/support

Chels and Em sit down with the infamous Buddy the Rat, aka TikTok sensation Jonothon Lyons, who is scouring the streets of New York City making friends with all who are around! Jonothon Lyons is an interdisciplinary theatre artist living in New York City and has worked as a performer in mask, puppetry, and physical theatre. He has performed as a Blueman in Blue Man Group and as a principal cast member in the off-broadway show Sleep No More. As a puppeteer his work includes Moisés Kaufman’s El Gato con Botas at the New Victory Theatre, Basil Twist’s Petrushka and Dogugaeshi, and Anthony Minghella’s Madama Butterfly at the Metropolitan Opera. www.jonothonlyons.com Instagram/TikTok: @jonothonlyons . . . SEND US WHAT YOU'RE "WINING" ABOUT! If you have a story or a GOOD RANT/CELEBRATION you would like to share with W&D, please submit by clicking here or email winesanddolls@gmail.com and put "LISTENER STORY" in the subject line for our new Listener-Sode series! Help Wines and Dolls be the best they can be by supporting us on Patreon at patreon.com/winesanddolls for a cheers on the show and other perks for Patrons. Cheers to our Patrons: Brandon, Sydney, Allison, Noah, Victoria, Amy, Sandra, and Julia! Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and Twitter at winesanddolls Artwork by From Pen to Paper Music from Guys and Dolls, 1992 on Spotify . . . Use promo 10DOLLS for 10% any order of Coffee Over Cardio at coffeeovercardio.com Don't forget to check out I Can't Stop Think About... Podcast AND Murder, She Told anywhere you get your podcasts! Learn more about Fanny Brice in The Fabulous Fanny Brice starring Kimberly Faye Greenberg at http://fabulousfannybriceshow.com/ , use promo FRIENDS --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/winesanddolls/message

On today’s show, I speak with Buist Bickley a Broadway Props Supervisor. Buist has worked on more shows than I can actually count or keep track of, and when Broadway shut down he estimates he had about nine shows running on Broadway or on tour. Buist walks me through how he became a props supervisor, what’s considered a prop and what’s not (spoiler, Evan Hansen’s cast? Not a prop), and what exactly a props supervisor does during rehearsal. I love talking about props and I know you’ll enjoy this conversation as much as I did.For a full transcript of today's episode go to beyondthelightspodcast.com.Mentioned in this Episode[00:06:06] South Carolina Governor's School for Theater Arts[00:07:33] College Light Opera Company [00:08:17] Cortland Repertory Theater [00:09:01] Westport Country Playhouse [00:25:19] Basil Twist[00:43:49] SpongeBob SquarePants the Musical[00:44:02] Rube Goldberg [01:00:00] Fifth Hammer Follow Beyond the LightsWebsiteFacebookTwitterInstagram

Pandemin har fått många salonger att stå tomma och föreställningar att ställas in, men i veckans Stil beger vi oss in i teaterns värld, som många saknar, för att höra historier som utspelar sig där. I programmet pratar vi om en av våra största och mest älskade stjärnor, vars tidigare opublicerade dagboksanteckningar nyligen gavs ut i bokform skådepelaren Lena Nyman. Under större delen av sitt liv skrev hon dagbok varje dag. Texterna finns nu samlade i boken Dagböcker och brev 1962 - 1974. Vi pratar med skådespelaren Nina Dahn om varför drömmen om att arbeta som skådespelare kan vara så stark. Hon sökte till teaterhögskolan tretton gånger innan hon lyckades komma in. Vad är det som får folk att söka gång på gång för att uppnå sin dröm? Vi besöker också New York för att berätta om en ovanlig dockteaterföreställning, som möttes med både stor uppmärksamhet och förvirring när den hade premiär 1998  Symphonie Fantastique av Basil Twist. Det var en dockteater utan dockor. Istället var det tyger, fjädrar och lampor som rörde sig i akvariet till musik. Dockspelarna hängde i selar, klädda i våtdräkter, ovanför ett stort akvarium som rymde 2000 liter vatten och drog i vajrar för att få tygerna i vattnet att röra på sig i takt till musiken. Och sist, men absolut inte minst, tar vi en titt på balettbulan den runda formen mellan benen på balettdansande män. Den som både döljer och framhäver könet. Veckans programledare är Erik Sjölin.

Un premier roman à la frontière du polar, du drame et du suspense. Une histoire efficace truffée de rebondissements. Frédéric Perrot publie «Pour une heure oubliée», aux éditions Mialet-Barrault. Lorsque vous ouvrez ce livre, il n'existe pas d’autre moyen de vous en débarrasser que de le dévorer jusqu’au bout, et de partager les tourments du personnage principal. Et le moins que l’on puisse dire, c’est qu’ils sont nombreux. Pouvait-il faire autrement que de mentir à sa compagne ? Parviendra-t-il à sauver son couple, sa réputation, son honneur, la concession automobile qu’il dirige ? Qui est cette journaliste qui vient fouiller dans son passé, et révéler son terrible secret à la face du monde ? Parviendra-t-il surtout à retrouver la mémoire de cette heure étrange qui a bouleversé sa vie ? Quand il a émergé d’un sommeil engourdi, une femme était à ses pieds, morte. Il n’a aucun souvenir de ce qui s’est passé. Comment faire face à une culpabilité qu’il a fini par accepter sans comprendre ? Est-il vraiment l’assassin que la justice a condamné ? Si oui pourquoi a-t-il tué ? Et si non, qui est le vrai coupable ? Que de questions, que de suspense, que de péripéties et que de rebondissements dans ce premier roman qui pose une autre question, terrifiante elle aussi : et si la même chose nous arrivait à nous ? «Pour une heure oubliée», le premier roman de Frédéric Perrot est paru aux éditions Mialet-Barrault. Au menu de ce Café Gourmand : -  Sébastien Jedor présente Medicine Man Orchestra, un groupe griot / électro qui ambitionne de faire de la musicothérapie. RFI est partenaire via RFI Labo.   - Marjorie Bertin nous emmène voir un spectacle (presque) vivant avec Titon et l’Aurore. Un Opéra-ballet du XVIIIème siècle, dirigé par William Christie et mis en scène par Basil Twist, enregistré à l'Opéra Comique pour Medici TV, une chaîne de télévision sur internet. Le spectacle est à voir gratuitement en suivant le lien : https://fmm.io/10kw.t   - Amélie Beaucour a rencontré le talentueux Emmanuel Guibert pour son roman Mike, publié aux éditions Gallimard. Un récit d'amitié très personnel qui le conduira au chevet de l’un de ses amis malade alors que la mort menace à tout instant de les séparer. - Alain Pilot a rencontré Emilee, une chanteuse, compositrice et productrice franco-britannique. Elle présente son premier mini-album Extra Ordinary.

The puppeteer, a MacArthur genius grant winner, explains the difference between working downtown and working on Broadway, and spills the secrets behind the new revival of his 20-year-old breakout show, "Symphonie Fantastique."

Liz, PennyMaria, and Jose on what we’ve seen on the stage lately: Feeding the Dragon by Sharon Washington at Cherry Lane Theatre The Lucky Ones by The Bengsons at the Connelly Theatre Symphonie Fantastique by Basil Twist at HERE Arts Leisure Labor Lust by Sara Farrington at The Tank Subscribe to Maxamoo’s[...]

The panel -- lighting designer Beverly Emmons; costume designer Danny Gates (When Pigs Fly); 1997 Tony Award winners for Best Scenic Design for Jekyll and Hyde James Noone and director/designer Robin Phillips; puppeteer Basil Twist (Peter and Wendy); director Mark Waldrop (When Pigs Fly); and producer/playwright Liza Lorwin (Peter and Wendy) -- talk about how designers work with directors, producers and writers; directing in addition to designing; creating pop-up sets; working with the late Howard Crabtree on When Pigs Fly, with a detailed demonstration of costumes; Jekyll and Hyde's movable plexiglass towers, backdrops, and lighting with new Varilights technology; and the unanswerable question of "what makes good design?"

The panel -- Tony Award winning lighting designer Beverly Emmons for "Amadeus", "Passion" and "The Heiress"; costume designer Danny Gates ("When Pigs Fly"); 1997 Tony Award winners for Best Scenic Design for "Jekyll and Hyde" James Noone and director/designer Robin Phillips; puppeteer Basil Twist ("Peter and Wendy"); director Mark Waldrop ("When Pigs Fly"); and producer/playwright Liza Lorwin ("Peter and Wendy") -- talk about how designers work with directors, producers and writers; directing in addition to designing; creating pop-up sets; working with the late Howard Crabtree on "When Pigs Fly", with a detailed demonstration of costumes; "Jekyll and Hyde"'s movable plexiglass towers, backdrops, and lighting with new Varilights technology; and the unanswerable question of "what makes good design?"

With puppetry turning up in, or serving as the main focus of, numerous shows in recent seasons, Pam Arciero (O'Neill Puppetry Conference), Cheryl Henson (The Jim Henson Foundation), Rick Lyon ("Avenue Q"), Roman Paska ("Dead Puppet Talk") and Basil Twist ("Symphonie Fantastique") discuss the intersection of puppet and human theatre.

With puppetry turning up in, or serving as the main focus of, numerous shows in recent seasons, Pam Arciero (O'Neill Puppetry Conference), Cheryl Henson (The Jim Henson Foundation), Rick Lyon ("Avenue Q"), Roman Paska ("Dead Puppet Talk") and Basil Twist ("Symphonie Fantastique") discuss the intersection of puppet and human theatre.