Poste Restante
A madly inventive mix of acrobatics, paper, laughter, dance, flight, puppetry, longing, and film...all stuffed neatly into a box.
What will The Secret Agents do with an anonymous package, cardboard box bikinis, a few handwritten letters, a bicycle with wings, and one mysterious vinyl record? Could it possibly involve inanimate object domination, acrobatic knots, full-throttle origami and a cocoa pop?
BEST TOURING SHOW
Austin Critics' Table
BEST OF THE FRINGE & BEST PHYSICAL COMEDY
San Francisco Fringe Festival
AUDIENCES RAVE!
Poste Restante is "both visually stunning and emotionally moving", "whimsical and profound at the same time."
Culture Map Austin said, "this charming performance piece is a love letter to the deep human need we have to connect and the terrible trouble we have in succeeding.”
Prague Post called Poste Restante "Infectious...inspired choreography that is so stark and evocative. This crowd pleaser is not to be missed."
HIGHLIGHTS:
"Return to Sender" Tim attempts to stuff Bonnie in a box and mail her.
"Air Mail" A stop-motion animation tracks the delivery of a love letter via origami postal bird.
“The Last Mile” Bonnie and Tim struggle with distance and awkwardness as they dance impossibly close.
"By Lamplight" A sentimental table lamp prods Bonnie into responding to a love letter.
Poste Restante brings communication down from a high-tech, instant, "now,now, now" process to a more tangible, visceral level where letters and boxes travel through real space and time, and survive countless potential mishaps along the way.
Bonnie Duncan and Tim Gallagher use puppetry, film and partner acrobatics to explore the magic surrounding hand written letters, challenge what can actually be mailed, animate sent letters, and generally bring to life a form of communication that is slowly fading.
What will The Secret Agents do with an anonymous package, cardboard box bikinis, a few handwritten letters, a bicycle with wings, and one mysterious vinyl record? Could it possibly involve inanimate object domination, acrobatic knots, full-throttle origami and a cocoa pop?
BEST TOURING SHOW
Austin Critics' Table
BEST OF THE FRINGE & BEST PHYSICAL COMEDY
San Francisco Fringe Festival
AUDIENCES RAVE!
Poste Restante is "both visually stunning and emotionally moving", "whimsical and profound at the same time."
Culture Map Austin said, "this charming performance piece is a love letter to the deep human need we have to connect and the terrible trouble we have in succeeding.”
Prague Post called Poste Restante "Infectious...inspired choreography that is so stark and evocative. This crowd pleaser is not to be missed."
HIGHLIGHTS:
"Return to Sender" Tim attempts to stuff Bonnie in a box and mail her.
"Air Mail" A stop-motion animation tracks the delivery of a love letter via origami postal bird.
“The Last Mile” Bonnie and Tim struggle with distance and awkwardness as they dance impossibly close.
"By Lamplight" A sentimental table lamp prods Bonnie into responding to a love letter.
Poste Restante brings communication down from a high-tech, instant, "now,now, now" process to a more tangible, visceral level where letters and boxes travel through real space and time, and survive countless potential mishaps along the way.
Bonnie Duncan and Tim Gallagher use puppetry, film and partner acrobatics to explore the magic surrounding hand written letters, challenge what can actually be mailed, animate sent letters, and generally bring to life a form of communication that is slowly fading.
"wonderfully warm and reinvigorating show...and it delivers in every way."
-- Letters from the Mezzanine
Technical Information for Poste Restante
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- 60 minutes running time
- Space: 18' W x 18' L x 14' H
- Empty stage safe for bare feet
- One table (at least 2' x 4'), one chair, one stool
An artful world of silent dreams, mime, and dance.
--Austin Live Theatre
Poste Restante Past Performances
Charlestown Working Theater, Boston, MA, February 2014
The Tank, New York, New York, February 2014
Salvage Vanguard Theater, Austin, Texas, December 2011
Best Touring Show of 2011, Austin Critics' Table
HERE Arts Center, New York City, New York, July 2010
projekttheater, Dresden, Germany, June 2010
Prague Fringe Festival, Prague, Czech Republic, June 2010
nominated for Most Innovative Performance
Charlestown Working Theater, Boston, MA, May 2010
San Francisco Fringe Festival, September 2009
Best of Fringe
Best Physical Comedy
Perishable Theatre, Providence, RI, August 2009
Cambridge Post Office, Cambridge, Ma, August 2008
with the help of Cambridge Arts Council
Art Beat, Somerville, MA, July 2008
HONK!, Somerville, MA, October 2007
Jerkus Circus, Cambridge, MA, September 2007
The Tank, New York, New York, February 2014
Salvage Vanguard Theater, Austin, Texas, December 2011
Best Touring Show of 2011, Austin Critics' Table
HERE Arts Center, New York City, New York, July 2010
projekttheater, Dresden, Germany, June 2010
Prague Fringe Festival, Prague, Czech Republic, June 2010
nominated for Most Innovative Performance
Charlestown Working Theater, Boston, MA, May 2010
San Francisco Fringe Festival, September 2009
Best of Fringe
Best Physical Comedy
Perishable Theatre, Providence, RI, August 2009
Cambridge Post Office, Cambridge, Ma, August 2008
with the help of Cambridge Arts Council
Art Beat, Somerville, MA, July 2008
HONK!, Somerville, MA, October 2007
Jerkus Circus, Cambridge, MA, September 2007
