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Article: 'Bull: A Puppet Musical' plays in Greece
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- Roanoke Times & World News
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- September 8, 2009
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This must be the first time a play ever opened in Roanoke, then
went on to Crete.
"Bull: A Puppet Musical," with text by Alex Lucas and puppets by
Philip Hatter, premiered at the Roanoke Arts Festival on Nov. 8.
In July, the two Roanokers journeyed to the Greek isles as
advisers to only the second-ever production of "Bull" -- this time
at a five-star resort in the Mediterranean Sea. Their play about a
bull who longs for big city life will be performed at Crete's
Sensatori Resort through October.
The new production is by TED UK, a British company that sells
entertainment. Even TED Creative Director Max Barraclough called the
musical's improbable journey "quite a bizarre story."
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