Maritime Marionettes Blog

By Shawn Bell
Slave River Journal
Tue, Mar 08, 2011

Young members of the audience eagerly tried their hand at working the marionettes, captivated by the mobile figures and how to make them come to life.

An intense drama unfolded in Fort Smith’s Northern Life Museum Friday night. The miller’s beautiful daughter was able to spin straw into gold with the aid of an evil dwarf, saving her and her father’s lives; and then in the end, her forest friends helped her discover the name of the evil dwarf. Yes, it was “Rumplestiltskin,” so he would not steal away her first-born child. A happy ending – for all but the dwarf . Marionettes are kind of cool; old-school certainly and more European-funky than our Hollywood and TSN-sports approach to entertainment.

If you are a Fort Smith resident, the marionette show last weekend may have piqued your interest, but may not have been enough to motivate you to come out.

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Ian Vaydik/NNSL photo

Fun on strings
Maritime Marionettes perform two classic folk tales in Yellowknife

Adrian Lysenko
Northern News Services
Published Tuesday, March 1, 2011

SOMBA K’E/YELLOWKNIFE – For 25 years the Maritime Marionettes have performed thousands of shows across Canada and abroad, keeping their form of theatre alive. The duo, made up of married couple Darryll Taylor and Heather Bishop Taylor, are performing at the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre tonight.

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