Muttnik - The First Dog In Space
A Physical Theatre Show for Children and Childish Adults
Devised and Performed by Niki McCretton
Thursday 29 May : 3pm (seated)
£7.00 : £5.00 concessions
Ages 3+
Muttnik is a stray. She lives on the streets of Moscow, cold and hungry until one day she is captured. To her surprise, she finds herself in a shiny new home with food, water and adventures better than dreams. She is living at the Russian Space Centre and has been selected to be the first dog in space!
Muttnik is a stray. She lives on the streets of Moscow, cold and hungry until one day she is captured. To her surprise, she finds herself in a shiny new home with food, water and adventures better than dreams.
She is living at the Russian Space Centre and has been selected to be the first dog in space!
She learns to fly a rocket, to parachute jump, to dance in zero gravity and to go ‘where no dog has gone before’. Will she skate on the rings of Saturn, what will be her first message home and what will it be like to dig holes on the moon?
Following on from her acclaimed production for children ‘Throw me a bone’ which toured to sell out audiences across the UK and the United States, Niki McCretton brings us this imaginative slant on what happened to Laika, the dog that the Russians sent into space aboard the rocket Sputnik 2 in 1957.
This enchanting tale is told with dance, music and puppetry and is suitable for children over three years old.
Commissioned by Dance Somerset and Halton Borough Council, the show is a 50 minute physical theatre solo which incorporates dance passages. The story is told without words, through movement, gentle humour, music and a soundscape. The set consists of a simple construction that transforms into a rocket. The costume, set and props are colourful, inventive and charming.