Theatre--Announcement

ACTING UNLIMITED and WANDERLUST THEATRE CO.

With University of Louisiana at Lafayette Performing Arts Department

Presents

NEIL GAIMAN’S

WOLVES IN THE WALLS

Based on the book by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean (c 2003)

Adapted for the stage by Cody Daigle

July 26 – August 5

Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday at 3 p.m.

Burke-Hawthorne Hall (on the UL Campus)

Acting Unlimited (AUI) and Wanderlust Theatre Co. are teaming up with the UL-Lafayette Performing Arts Department to present an exciting addition to the summer theatre calendar: WOLVES IN THE WALLS, a world premiere adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean’s award-winning children’s book “The Wolves in the Walls.”

Lucy is hearing strange noises in the walls  – noises she believes to be wolves. No one believes her… except her puppet, Pig. Then one night, Lucy discovers that the wolves in the walls are real. And they’re coming out to play…


Adapted for the stage by local playwright Cody Daigle, WOLVES IN THE WALLS will feature  a spectacular puppetry design by Brady McKellar and Elsa Dimitriadis, artistic directors of Wanderlust Theatre, incorporating a host of puppetry techniques. The show will be a visual theatrical event filled with puppetry, pandemonium and the dark fantasy world of Neil Gaiman.

“The show’s designed to be something local audiences have never seen,” said Daigle, the production’s playwright. “We want to dazzle audiences with puppetry and theatre magic they’ve never seen before, but we also want them to be emotionally swept away by the story. It’ll be a really unforgettable evening.”

Gaiman and McKean’s “The Wolves in the Walls” was first published in 2003, and it won awards for the New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book (2003), the IRA/CBC Children's Choice (2004) award and the British Science Fiction Association award for Short Fiction (2003).

This production has the blessing of Gaiman and his team, and it will be the only time this version of the show will performed anywhere.

The production also marks the first collaboration between the two lead producing companies. AUI has recently produced David Ives’ Lives of the Saints and the first post-controversy production of Mike Daisey’s The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs in the country. Wanderlust Theatre Co. has delighted audiences with their production of Match and Shylock, which receives a production in the DC Fringe Festival this summer.

“AUI and Wanderlust Theatre Co. both have reputations for delivering exciting theatre work,” Marie Diaz, lead producer, said. “This collaboration is a natural fit. We look forward to bringing Gaiman’s world to life for local audiences.”

WOLVES IN THE WALLS will run July 26 – August 5 at Burke-Hawthorne Hall on the UL Campus. Curtain on Thursday, Friday and Saturday is 7:30 p.m. Curtain on Sunday is 3 p.m. For more information, call 484-0712.