From Fringe 2024

The Monkey’s Paw

Stumble Upon a Story—The Asper Centre for Theatre & Film (U of W)

Performed in very creepy masked costumes as pantomime to music and a narrated reading of the well known short story, an eerie mood is effectively generated. The visuals are provided by Jo Dixon and Sarah Higgins as the various characters, with just a few key set pieces, and that complements the soundscape with the uncredited narrator’s great deep voice really creating a great spooky presentation. Just a note, it is closer to 45 minutes long.

Murray Hunter

From Fringe 2024

Stumble Upon a Story

The Monkey’s Paw—The Asper Centre for Theatre & Film (U of W)

The Monkey’s Paw is an eerie tale of sinister magic, the power of grief, and what happens when wishes go wrong. Written by W.W. Jacobs in 1902, the story hits the Fringe stage as a dark mask performance with a live looping artist weaving an immersive soundscape.

Presented by Stumble Upon A Story, collaborative storytellers who build community through art. And what’s needed more than community these days?

Not the shrivelled piece of a dead animal.

…Certainly not that.