Kid Koala (Montreal)
The Storyville Mosquito
A Theatrical Cinema Experience
March 23 at 8PM March 24 at 10:30AM (NEW!) & 8PM March 25 at 3PM & 8PM
Tickets from $25
Run Time: 75 Minutes
“Whether or not you’re aware of it, you are probably already a fan of Kid Koala.”
— Interview Magazine
“Fun is Kid Koala’s middle name. It inhabits everything he touches”
— Montreal Gazette
In 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.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Kid Koala (real name: Eric San) is an equal-opportunity entertainer. He has toured with Radiohead, Beastie Boys, Björk, DJ Shadow and Arcade Fire; performed as part of two Montreal International Jazz Festival main events (solo and in the alt-hip-hop trio Deltron 3030); contributed music to the films Shaun of the Dead, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Looper and The Great Gatsby; written a pair of graphic novels; led musical bike tours through Montreal and Toronto; done a performance at the Biosphère in which audience members listened through headphones; conceived a Vinyl Vaudeville show that included cabaret dancers, audience limbo and paper airplanes; released five solo albums, the latest of which is 2012’s 12 Bit Blues; and has a new album of breathtaking atmospheric soundscapes called Music To Draw To, featuring Icelandic vocalist Emiliana Torrini, due in the fall.
“One could argue Kid Koala is a postmodern Charlie Chaplin. More than just a performer, he becomes the architect of the experience, an auteur in the truest sense of the word.”
— Chris Strouth for the Walker Art Center
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