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Feb. 02 2017 3. A cherry event Annual Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival returns 6. In a “frenzy” Three days of food, fun and fashion 10. Puzzles Entertain your brain 12. Let’s Go Out Ono grinds CREDITS: Editor David Bock Writers John Burnett Katie Young Yamanaka Photography Hollyn Johnson Design Bonnie L. Rogers e magic is in the masks Katie Young YAMANAKA Big Island Vibe awards, “Loon” has been delightcontinent will stage a production in Hawaii. of the company Andrew Phoenix tude and magical quality, that best Email your Island Beat announcements to entertainment@hawaiitribune-herald.com ing oversized masks, soundscapes, puppetry ‘Loon’ light What: Wonderheads theater company presents “Loon,” a most peculiar love story about a man and the moon. Where: 7:30 p.m. Friday at the University of Hawaii at Hilo Performing Arts Center; 6 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Kahilu Theatre. • Tickets for the UH-Hilo PAC show are reserved seating. Advance sales are $20 general, $15 discount and $10 for students with valid ID and children 17 and younger. At the door, the tickets are $5 more. Call 932-7490 or order online at artscenter.uhh.hawaii.edu. • Tickets for the Kahilu Theatre performance are $33, $28, $23 and $18, available for purchase at www.kahilutheatre. org or by calling 885-6868. You can also purchase tickets at the box office from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday through Friday. See ‘LOON’ Page 11 2 Thursday, February 2, 2017 There’s a little bit of everything in Wonderheads’ “Loon,” a peculiar love story, presented in a wordless form of physical theater featuring and even a little slapstick. awards and three “Best of Fest” Winner of four Critics’ Choice delighting audiences throughout the since 2011, but this will continent be the first time Wonderheads Co-leader and artistic director explains that Wonderheads’ productions are “live action Pixar, like a living cartoon. In its attitude describes it,” he says. “We like playing with the whimsical and the comedic, but our productions always have a lot of heart.” The story of “Loon,” created by Phoenix and co-leader Kate Braidwood, centers around the character of Francis, a janitor, who is plagued by isolation and tickled tickpers of child- by whispers childhood imagination. Francis has hit rock bottom and discovers he has nowhere to go but up. But will plucking the moon from the sky bring him the love he is searching for? “You fall in love with This will be the first time Wonderheads will stage a Hawaii production. Photo: ANDREW PHOENIX


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