Epidermis Circus
The Weirdest Puppet Show You’ve Ever Seen. Produced by SNAFU
“Hansen turns anything and everything into a puppet and makes it funny. A MUST-SEE!”
“Utterly magical, insanely inventive, wickedly funny, BEAUTIFULLY TWISTED, and occasionally erotic! ★★★★★” - Free Press.
This beautifully twisted variety show is performed by Ingrid Hansen, who also puppeteers for the Jim Henson Company’s Fraggle Rock and for Sesame Workshop. Watch behind-the-scenes as SNAFU creates a live puppet film, animating cheeky vignettes in the palm of her hand and projecting them onto a huge screen. An “enormously entertaining, one-hour madcap vaudeville show. It is chock full of riotous, naughty, and mystifying vignettes using her bare hands, her face, her mouth, tiny toys, and a doll’s head. Hansen's hands-in-motion have the kind of presence that is often attributed to the greatest stage performers, and their movement, combined with her skill for vocalization, establishes colorful characters playing out their scenarios -- transfixing the audience, and creating pin-drop silence interspersed with spontaneous bursts of laughter.” - Culture Catch NYC
Surreal vignettes and stories emerge that celebrate the hilarious impossibility of being alive and having a body: these fragile bags of meat and bone, carry us from place to place and allow us to laugh and snort and feel. SNAFU’s work has been compared to Wes Anderson and David Lynch, yet “hilarious, absurd and profoundly human,” (the Star Phoenix Newspaper.)
SPICY.
CONTENT WARNING:
Epidermis Circus includes cartoonish sexual content, curse words, and puppet suicide. There are moments of dark lighting, loud music, and surprises.
(Please note, you must be 19+ to attend this show due to liquor license restrictions)
$30 + tax
JUNE 5, 2026
8PM
19+ Show.
This show is sponsored by VEP Mechanical Ltd.
VEP Mechanical Ltd is a mechanical contracting company that offers full-service solutions. Established in 2010, we have grown to become one of the top contractors in Nova Scotia. Our services range from small residential projects to major ones such as the Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Halifax Infirmary, Saint Mary's, Acadia, and Dalhousie Universities, as well as various office, retail, and restaurant fit-ups throughout the region. In response to the increasing demand in the Halifax market, we added a multi-unit residential division in 2018.
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Please note this event is general admission, meaning there is no assigned seating. Seating will be first come, first served.