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Topic: RSS FeedToronto, Canada.(A Sampler from the World Stage)(Milk International Children's Festival of the Arts)(Swiss group Theatre en Gros et en Detail)(Brief Article)
American Theatre, March, 2005 by Estvanik, Nicole
MILK INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: It's a familiar dilemma: A son is afraid to tell his father he doesn't want to go into the family business. In this case, however, the profession happens to be popping out of a cuckoo-clock to mark the hours, and this father-and-son pair live inside the instrument of a kindly musician. They're the puppet protagonists of Portofino-Ballade, the touring creation of Swiss group Theatre en Gros et en Detail. The musician (Peter Rinderknecht), his double bass and its six-inch inhabitants will appear at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre as part of a program of all-ages entertainment sponsored annually by the Dairy Farmers of Canada. Kids thrilled by the tiny apartment inside the bass will also enjoy the sliding compartments on...
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