ASTRA: Multimedia Theatre (2022)

ASTRA, an Arts Council England funded stage adaptation of The Gaia Chronicles, written and produced by Naomi Foyle and designed and directed by Raven Kaliana of Puppet (R)Evolution, won the 2022 Brighton Fringe ONCA Green Curtain Award for work that engages artists and audiences with social and environmental challenges. You can view the one minute Trailer, the Programme, and the six minute Mini-Documentary below. The Audio Description Intro Notes are available for screenreader access here. ASTRA is currently being upscaled into a trilogy of plays for actors (no puppets) – watch this space! 

ASTRA Theatrical Trailer 

‘ASTRA Theatrical Trailer’, directed by Raven Kaliana, is a one minute video (plus 17 secs credits), introducing ASTRA (2022), a multimedia stage adaptation of The Gaia Chronicles by Naomi Foyle. The trailer features footage of table-top and shadow puppets designed and built by Raven Kaliana, reviewer quotes from Reviews Hub and Fringe Review, and interview footage with Voice Actress/Singer Susanna Paisio. An Arts Council England funded production.

Programme

A flipreader file of the Programme, containing the cast and creative team list and profiles, maps of the world, and reflections from lead creatives on making the show.

Mini-Documentary

‘At the Heart of ASTRA’ is a six minute video documentary on the making of the multimedia theatre piece ASTRA (2022), featuring footage of table-top and shadow puppets designed and built by Raven Kaliana, and interviews with (in order of appearance) writer/producer Naomi Foyle, director/puppet maker Raven Kaliana, theatre critic Simon Jenner, puppeteer Gun Suen, voice actress/singer Susanna Paisio, puppeteer Sara Guedes, voice actor Cornelia Colman and Community Outreach Officer Ümit Öztürk. An Arts Council England funded production.