Ronnie Burkett
iPhoto caption: Members of the company of 'Shucked.' Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman.
REVIEW: Mirvish’s Shucked plants row after row of corny jokes
Shucked sits somewhere between a cartoon for adults and a wholesome farm musical.
iPhoto caption: Marionette design by Ronnie Burkett. Photo by Dahlia Katz.
REVIEW: Ronnie Burkett’s Little Willy is a love letter to theatre
Ronnie Burkett and William Shakespeare agree on at least one fundamental truth: there’s no such thing as a bad dick joke.
iPhoto caption: Photo by Ian Jackson
REVIEW: In Ronnie Burkett’s darkly intelligent Wonderful Joe, gentrification hits like a meteor
When Siminovitch-winning puppet virtuoso Ronnie Burkett chose the focus of his latest play, was he thinking of TO Live’s $421-million plan to redevelop its St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts?
iPhoto caption: Wonderful Joe production still by Ian Jackson.
‘What the hell do I do with all these puppets?’: Inside the wonderful world of Ronnie Burkett
“More than a few people said to me, ‘so this is your last show’,” says the legendary puppeteer ahead of his production of Wonderful Joe at TO Live. “Trust me, I never said this is my last show. I think that’s maybe a bit of ageism, or wishful thinking.”