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Watching a movie come alive right before your very eyes can be pure magic. Allowing the audience an almost tactile peek behind the curtain helps viewers engage in an entirely new way. Enter Kid Koala. In (Eric San) Kid Koala’s latest theatrical multimedia collaboration, a young mosquito leaves his small town in the country to seek fame and fortune in the big city and fulfill his dream of playing in one of the greatest bands of all time at Sid Villa’s Music Hall. Watch as a team of 14 performers bring this story to life simultaneously on stage and screen — the full production is performed, filmed, projected, and scored in real time at each performance.

With an innovative mix of miniature sets, live puppetry, cinematography, and live music by Kid Koala and a string trio, The Storyville Mosquito proves to be a funny, emotive, Chaplin-esque live theatrical experience that’s fun for the entire family.

Kid Koala’s The Storyville Mosquito is a family-friendly performance at OZ Arts in which audiences watch as the puppets on the set below are manipulated and moved to create the movie they watch above. In this new installation, “a young mosquito leaves his small town in the country to seek fame and fortune in the big city and fulfill his dream of playing in one of the greatest bands of all time at Sid Villa’s Music Hall.” Ideal for the young and the young at heart.