Date

31 July - 24 August

Time

12:30 pm

Venue

Underbelly Cowgate

suitability

Age 12+ (Guideline)

Tickets from

£8.50

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Space Hippo

Hilarious and epic science fiction, experienced through live shadow animation!

Earth is dying. Nothing can be done. Our only hope is to launch a hippo into space. Along the way she will encounter new worlds, strange alien creatures and end up at the centre of an intergalactic war.

Hilarious, weird and epic science fiction from Japan, experienced through award-winning cinematic shadow puppetry. The performers project over two hundred handmade puppets onto a large screen to create a live analogue motion picture before your very eyes.

 

Presented By

Book of Shadowz

Duration

60 minutes

Advice

Scenes of violence

Price

Tickets from

£8.50

Accessibility

Sci-fi. Puppetry

For more information on accessibility and to book tickets, please contact the box office at access@underbelly.co.uk, or visit https://underbellyedinburgh.co.uk/your-visit/accessibility

Wheelchair Spaces

Sorry, there are no wheelchair spaces available for this event.

reviews

'Surprisingly touching and beautifully executed'

CBC

★★★★★

"This is theatre at its best, magically conjuring truth from imaginatively conceived absurdity."

ThreeWeeksEdinburgh

★★★★★

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