Dixon Place Presents The Flatiron Hex Created by James Godwin
About This Show
The Flatiron Hex is a solo puppet performance that tells the story of Wylie Walker, a contract shaman who works for NYORG—a city in the middle of a swamp. Wylie uses his unusual talents to solve problems and do routine maintenance on the city’s interweb bio-technology. Due to the haunted land and sentient mainframes, Wylie faces many occult adversaries. Storms constantly threaten to destroy NYORG, but a secret feature of the Flatiron building keeps the storms at bay, that is as long as the cloud-code is cracked and the correct ritual procedure is followed.
Award-winning puppeteer/performance & visual artist James Godwin, whose previous collaborations include Julie Taymor, David Bowie, the Muppets & even Aerosmith, utilizes remarkable puppets, masks & mystical neo-noir visuals to tell a story set in a parallel, near-future NYC filled with ghosts, elemental spirits & evil demigods.
Additional Performances
About Artist
James Godwin is a performance and visual artist and puppeteer. He is a founding member of the Elementals puppet company and “Uncle Jimmy’s Dirty Basement”. His work has been presented all over NYC and beyond in such venues as P.S.122, Dixon Place, DTW, Franklin Furnace, LaMama and the Walker art center. He was also a cast member of Henson Alternative’s off- Broadway show “Stuffed and Unstrung”. James’ one man show, “Lunatic Cunning” was awarded The Jim Henson award for innovation in puppetry and a UNIMA citation of excellence.
This DP commission is made possible w/public funds from NYS Council on the Arts w/the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo & the NYS Legislature, NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and private funds from the Peg Santvoord Foundation & the Jim Henson Foundation. Additionally, this work was supported by an Exploration grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to Dixon Place for the Building Demand for the Performing Arts Program.
Teaser Video
Master Class
James will be leading a master class on Acting, Character Development & Performance Hacks for the Puppeteer on Sunday, May 24, 11am – 2pm. Class size is limited and applications are due Friday, April 24. Click here for more information!
Saturday, May 16, 7:30pm
General Admission
$16 in advance
$20 at the door
Students/Seniors
$12
90mins
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Credits
Image Copyright © 2015 Jim Moore / Vaudevisuals, All rights reserved.