If Wonderheads had an elevator pitch, it might describe the local theatrical production company as “live-action Pixar or a living cartoon,” says co-founding artistic director Andrew Phoenix. Wonderheads’ wordless theatrical productions are performed in full-face masks to allow the shows to use a childlike lens to explore deeper, darker themes, such as in their original production Grim & Fisher, which takes on death. “People are surprised that they go on an emotional journey; there’s magic in the masks,” says Wonderheads’ other co-founding artistic director Kate Braidwood, who spends 50 to 80 hours making each mask.
This article is from the December/January 2019 issue of Douglas.
