<p> MOSCOW RUSSIA</p><p>NIKOLAI ZYKOV THEATRE EXCLUSIVE MARIONETTES</p><p> wordless puppet show for family audience </p><p>EXCLUSIVE MARIONETTES - award-winning one-man show of unique marionettes for family audience. Nikolai Zykov is a world famous puppeteer who has performed his puppet shows in more than 40 countries of Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America and has created and has made more than 200 unique puppets. Nikolai Zykov is an author, director, artist and performer of over 20 puppet performances which have received many international awards for innovative creativity and outstanding performing mastery, including Awards of World UNIMA Congresses.</p><p>CREDITS</p><p>Author, artist, director and performer - NIKOLAI ZYKOV</p><p>All puppets are created, designed and made by NIKOLAI ZYKOV</p><p>First presentation - July 27, 2006, 1st Buenos Aires International Festival of Puppetry and Theatre, Argentina.</p><p>"Outstanding Creativity" Award of Asia-Pacific UNIMA Commission of the 2nd Nanchong International Puppet Art Week (China).</p><p>Diplomas of International Puppet Festivals in Tehran (Iran) and Tlaxcala (Mexico).</p><p>Diplomas of International Art Festival Sinaloa (Mexico).</p><p>PRESS REWIEVS</p><p>"Nikolay Zykov is one of the most important puppeteers of the world!" Festival de Bonecos, Canela, Brazil.</p><p>"Nikolai Zykov is a celebrated Russian puppeteer, known for pushing the boundaries of traditional puppetry." World Performing Arts Festival, Lahore, Pakistan.</p><p>"...flashy and upbeat marionette variety show by manipulator extraordinaire..." Out the Box. Cape Town, South Africa. </p><p>"...amazing, what great great puppets, excellent, original, funny, entertaining and unique..." Peter Garofalo, Northampton, United Kingdom.</p><p>"While watching the performance consisting of sketches, sometimes you will be surprised and sometimes you will think, but you will exactly have a lot of fun" Puppet Days. Izmir, Turkey. </p><p>"Nikolai Zykov has a variety of technical surprises that make his shows a success. His puppets live independently from their creator. Nikolai Zykov is making the step of technical development into the future." Jakob Steiner, Austria.</p><p>"Nikolai Zykov who attended the Festival from Russia impressed everyone, even the children and the adults. His show was wordless but everyone could understand easily." Murat Sezer. Vizyon, Turkey.</p><p>"The humor, elaborate sets and the virtuoso operating technique galvanizes the audience..." Tatiana Russkikh. Youth Review, Russia.</p><p>"...a super professional, ... a real master..." Regina Dubovitskaya. Russia TV, Russia.</p><p>"His puppet show doesn't leave anybody indifferent. Everything he shows is like a discovery..." Olga Semenova. Molodaya Gvardia, Russia.</p><p>TECHNICAL INFORMATION</p><p>DURATION OF THE SHOW: 40 min or 1 h 30 min with one intermission. AGE GROUP OF AUDIENCE: audience of any ages. </p><p>LANGUAGE OF THE SHOW: none (no dialogs, no narration text, only non-stop music).</p><p>PLACE OF PERFORMING: theatre, concert hall, any indoor or outdoor place.</p><p>CAPACITY OF AUDIENCE: up to 500 spectators (ideal audience size - 200-300 spectators).</p><p>SYSTEM OF PUPPETS: string marionettes about 1 m.</p><p>NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 1-2 persons.</p><p>TOTAL WEIGHT OF PROPS: 20 kg.</p><p>AMOUNT OF PROPS: 1 case 80x50x27 centimeters</p><p>LIGHT: it would be very good to use one following spotlight for lighting puppets in the darkness.</p><p>SOUND: one hand microphone and sound equipment for mp3 flash card or Audio CD are necessary.</p><p>ELECTRICITY: one outlet of 220 V (max 100 W) is necessary on the stage.</p><p>CURTIANS: curtains can be any, but black or dark curtains of the stage are preferable.</p><p>STAGE: any stage size is good, but 4 m deep and 110 centimeters height of the stage are preferable.</p><p>CHAIR: 1 chair is necessary on the stage.</p><p>TIME OF PREPARATION OF PUPPETS BEFORE THE SHOW: 1 hour.</p><p>PACK-UP TIME OF PUPPETS AFTER THE SHOW: 30 min.</p><p>CONTACTS</p><p>Webpage http://zykov.ru/exclusive.htm</p><p>E-mail [email protected]</p><p>Phone +7 (909) 657-92-97</p>