"Catch & the Dancing Liver" – A Puppet Show
By Douglas Hurst
July 2–13, 2025 Toronto Fringe KidsFest
Soulpepper Theatre: Kevin & Roger Garland Cabaret
Toronto Distillery District – 50 Tank House Lane
Toronto, Ontario M5A 3C4
Show Dates:
Thursday, July 3, 2025 – 3:00pm
Saturday, July 5, 2025 – 1:00pm
Sunday, July 6, 2025 – 11:15am
Tuesday, July 8, 2025 – 2:45pm
Wednesday, July 9, 2025 – 5:15pm
Thursday, July 10, 2025 – 12:45pm
Friday, July 11, 2025 – 11:15am
Saturday, July 12, 2025 – 1:15pm
ABOUT THE SHOW
This original new show is a puppet presentation geared to children ages 4-8 and opens with a shadow puppet presentation followed by a rod/hand puppet show.
Catch, a sad 8 year old boy is stuck at the dinner table when his liver comes alive, first eating brussel sprouts then convulsing into dancing all over the place. After a massive food fight between the two, a game of cat and mouse begins before a heart to heart about Catch’s dislike for liver. There is fun and lively engagement between them while discussing ‘healthy food choices’ over ‘not so healthy food choices’. Audiences will also learn about picky eaters, trying scary new things and how to have an open mind when it comes to different types of food. Catch and the Dancing Liver is a love story for the picky eater in all of us!
Liver Diie Productions
ABOUT DOUGLAS HURST
Artist, Actor, Puppeteer, Performer, Puppetry Arts Producer, Creative Educator and Community Arts Project Facilitator
Douglas is an artist and all-around creative spirit with a passion for inspiring creativity in children, families, and local communities, including a focus on under-served neighbourhoods throughout Toronto and surrounding areas. His ultimate life goal is to be the next generation Mr. Dress-Up, sending all love forever & beyond to Ernie Coombs!
Douglas also has a great passion working with puppets and creating puppet shows. To date, he has developed and produced two original puppet concepts for the Toronto Fringe KidsFest: Liver Diie, a live action monster maze game show of treasures & horrors (2015); and DougiEworld Real Food Puppet Theatre’s Poor Tomato (2021).
Early Childhood Development Preschool Programs: The Bizzy Duck Experience with Mr. Douglas; Martin Meenster the Medium Sized Monster; Bizzy B. & Duck Douglas the One-eyed Duck; as well as drama, interactive engagement, storytelling and creative projects with puppets, but most importantly, FUN!
Contact: [email protected]