Stage Door News
Stage Door News
When Ingrid Hansen came to Ottawa to perform Little Orange Man during GCTC's undercurrents festival, she reached out to interpreting teams with a sense of humour to join her on stage in a special presentation for the hearing impaired.
"We've performed the show before in Victoria with on-stage sign-language interpreters and had a fabulous, hilarious time," says Hansen. "This show is very visual and super fast, with puppet pieces and bits of food flying about, and audience interaction, Danish, music, so its a really fun challenge for the interpreters."
Paula Bath from Connecting Communities Interpreting Services Inc. answered the call and has found an interpreter team who will share the spotlight with Hansen on February 14 at 9:00pm showing of Little Orange Man.
Hansen says they found it worked best to have the interpreter right on stage. "I love it. Kitt, the character, is very mischivious, and I get to play on stage with the interpreter. The language is beautiful to watch."
About the play:
In Little Orange Man the audience arrives to find that they have all signed up via Craigslist to volunteer to be guinea pigs in a child’s dream experiment. What emerges through the fast-paced humour is the honest efforts of an outcast child, who entrusts a group of strangers to help fight her darkest battle. Music, innovations in LED shadow puppetry, and dark Danish fables. Rated E for Everyone.
Created by Ingrid Hansen and Kathleen Greenfield of SNAFU Dance Theatre
Reviews:
“This show feels like you are taking espresso shots with your inner child,” says performer Ingrid Hansen. Little Orange Man tours to Ottawa from Victoria, BC
We’re thrilled to be able to offer our closing night performance with a sign-language interpretation team, February 14th at 9PM at the Undercurrents Festival located at the Great Canadian Theatre Company.
“Very entertaining” - CBC Radio
“Magical and touching . . . see the show—you’ll be glad you did.” – The Ottawa Citizen
“The sort of girl that director Terry Gilliam might have dreamed up.” - The Calgary Herald.
“Half the time I was bawling, the other half I was laughing out loud. Kitt pulls you headfirst into her world - literally (The show involves audience participation). Hansen’s manipulation of found object puppets - many of which are made of food - is so lifelike that you find it hard to believe they aren’t alive.” – The Craig Review
“. . .Sheer joyous magic to behold. I flew a few thousand miles to be at this Fringe Festival. If I’d known how good this show was gonna be, I would have been happy to walk. Little Orange Man is the kind of inventive, affecting, heartfelt and unique storytelling that you normally only dream about.” — The Visitorium
“Visually stunning, superbly performed and incredibly inventive. . . At once haunting and hilarious, Little Orange Man offers both heart and thought. An enchanting, fantastical theatre dream.” — Culture Vulture Victoria
• Most Outstanding Overall Production – Ottawa 2012
• Showcased at PushOFF at the 2012 Vancouver PUSH Festival
• Pick-of-the-Fringe Hold Over – Vancouver 2011
• Volunteer’s Choice Award – Vancouver Fringe 2011
• Vancouver Playhouse Award – Vancouver Fringe 2011
• Pick-of-the-Fringe – Victoria 2011
Photo: Ingrid Hansen. ©2011 Al Smith.
2013-02-08
Ottawa: Special puppetry performance of “Little Orange Man” for the deaf community