To read the original review on-line, click HERE. SLAPDASH GALAXY review in Broadway Baby on Aug 7, 2012 Whether entrusting a man on the front row with being the bad guy and lowering a spider to attack a ship, or simply goofing around with props for the excitement of the audience, the super lo-tech charm of this show is sure to win over absolutely anyone with a pulse. The show’s main strength comes from this beauty combined with a fantastically entertaining way of engaging the audience. Even the way characters blink and the way Achtem ‘zooms in’ on their lonely and troubled expressions by moving their shadows further into focus was astonishing, making this show a beautiful work of animation. Slapdash can be played over and over again - build your tower and try not to be the one that makes it fall - think Jenga fun. Despite being bits of paper projected against the wall his characters managed to display astonishing resonance. Tracking the story of Sam and Junior, two boys travelling in search of their father across the galaxy, Achtem conjures up a world of giant chefs made of cardboard and villainous spiders created from balloon and ticker tape. ![]() Dressed head to toe in mismatched garb, his Mr Bean-like burble took a little bit of getting used to, but once he hooked you with the story of his puppet figures, it feelt like a gateway to a whole world of slapdash imaginings. What makes Achtem’s achievement so impressive is the way he brings so much depth, emotion and warmth to his puppets from even the tiniest movements, whilst never sacrificing the comic effect of his clownish, bumbling persona. Wear them with pride, no matter how slapdash they end up looking. 'Down I put the notes slap-dash,' he wrote. The levels of invention that Achtem puts into his junkyard props to turn them into a warped, bric-a-brac solar system, and the levels of delight his puppetry brings from the audience combine to create a dazzling sense of childlike wonder even in those much older. Manning the BirdLife stall dressed as the Giant Ibis, the poster bird of Birdfair. dash slap-dash -dash Synonyms of slapdash : haphazard, slipshod Did you know An early recorded use of slapdash comes from 17th-century British poet and dramatist John Dryden, who used it as an adverb in his play The Kind Keeper. This year’s ‘Slapdash Galaxy’ repeats the achievement in astonishing fashion. ![]() Thanks to Ann Lukacs, Breckenridge local and part of. Last year, Jeff Achtem’s ‘Swamp Juice’ took the art of shadow puppetry to mesmeric heights. The Griswold family plans for a big family Christmas as it unfolds into a predictably huge disaster. SLAPDASH GALAXY at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
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