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Plexus Polaire: Moby Dick

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Touch Tour

A spectacular stage adaptation of Herman Melville's great novel about ambition, obsession and the power of nature, featuring large-scale puppetry, live action, video projection and music.


‘Thar she blows!' Yngvild Aspeli directs this 'exquisite' (New York Times) production, critically acclaimed for its ability to capture the epic scale and emotional depth of Melville's famous work, while offering a fresh, contemporary perspective on the famous tale of redemption, and one man’s ultimately fatal pursuit of the great white whale.

Featuring seven actors, fifty puppets and a whale-sized whale, Plexus Polaire's award-winning show is a expedition into the inner storms of the human heart and the unexplained mysteries of life. 

Plexus Polaire is a French-Norwegian theatre company who, through the use of life-sized puppets, acting, music, light and video, develop visual worlds that bring our most buried feelings to life. 

Touch tour at 5:45 – 6:15pm

https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/event/mimelondon-moby-dick
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