Opera Fights, Puppet Plays, and More Arty Events
Get an arts fix this week
"...Connor Hopkins and his Trouble Puppet Theater Company wield their..."
Search
19835 Location Matches: [show less]
#ATown#BossBabesATX#peeonsomebody& Art Gallery(red) nights(sub)Tex1 House at a Time1 Stop Food Store1/4 Hora Project Space100 Congress Building100-200 block E. 4th Street101 by Teahaus1015 E. Yager Ln, #191101X FM107.9 KFAN-FM/KEEP FM1100 Warehouse1102 Gillespie Place1104 E. Sixth1109 E. 31st Street1123 S. Congress115 Austin Place11th & Waller11th and Congress11th Street Cowboy Bar12 Fox Beer Company1202 S. Congress1202 Travis Heights12th Night Austin12th Street Baptist Church12th Street Books12th Street Soular Food Garden12XU1300 E 4th St.132 Main Street134 E. Riverside13th Street Heritage House1400 Block of South Congress1405 W. 6th Street1417 French Bistro1427 Suffolk Dr.1501 E 6th1550 Gallery15th Street Cafe15th Street/Enfield Road1604 E. 11th St.1610 New York Avenue1710 Palma Plaza1776 Cheesesteak Co.1810 Club1848 Grand Oaks Farm1860 Pioneer Cabin on the River1883 Old Hwy 20, McDade TX 786501894 Private Pullman Palace Car1903 S. 1st1906 Gallery1st Evening Food St.1st Rate Fixtures2 Chairs Studio2 day postcards2 Dine 42 Wee Cottages Bed & Breakfast20/20 Art2020 Apartments2040 Gallery2047 S. Lamar212102 Fort View Rd2102 Tejas Drive21st & San Jacinto21st Street Co-op2200 S. Lakeshore Blvd.2209 S. First St.23rd Street Renaissance Artists' Market24 Blocks on 6th Street from Brazos to I-3524-Hour Fitness24/7 Cleaning Services2823 Manor290 Flea Market2924 Highway 21 E Paige, TX2DayPostcards.com2K Sports2nd Degree Black Sash Class of 20082nd Street District2nd Street Liquor2XL Swagger Brands, Inc.3 Graces Skincare & Spa3 J Ranch Bed & Breakfast300 Austin300 Bear Canyon Dr.311311 Club3137 Jazz Street3218 Hemlock Ave.3305 E. MLKABIA: 24-Hour FlowersTeahausThe 04 CenterThe 04 LoungeThe 13th FloorThe 18th Floor at Capitol Place
#ATown#BossBabesATX#peeonsomebody& Art Gallery(red) nights(sub)Tex1 House at a Time1 Stop Food Store1/4 Hora Project Space100 Congress Building100-200 block E. 4th Street101 by Teahaus1015 E. Yager Ln, #191101X FM107.9 KFAN-FM/KEEP FM1100 Warehouse1102 Gillespie Place1104 E. Sixth1109 E. 31st Street1123 S. Congress115 Austin Place11th & Waller11th and Congress11th Street Cowboy Bar12 Fox Beer Company1202 S. Congress1202 Travis Heights12th Night Austin12th Street Baptist Church12th Street Books12th Street Soular Food Garden12XU1300 E 4th St.132 Main Street134 E. Riverside13th Street Heritage House1400 Block of South Congress1405 W. 6th Street1417 French Bistro1427 Suffolk Dr.1501 E 6th1550 Gallery15th Street Cafe15th Street/Enfield Road1604 E. 11th St.1610 New York Avenue1710 Palma Plaza1776 Cheesesteak Co.1810 Club1848 Grand Oaks Farm1860 Pioneer Cabin on the River1883 Old Hwy 20, McDade TX 786501894 Private Pullman Palace Car1903 S. 1st1906 Gallery1st Evening Food St.1st Rate Fixtures2 Chairs Studio2 day postcards2 Dine 42 Wee Cottages Bed & Breakfast20/20 Art2020 Apartments2040 Gallery2047 S. Lamar212102 Fort View Rd2102 Tejas Drive21st & San Jacinto21st Street Co-op2200 S. Lakeshore Blvd.2209 S. First St.23rd Street Renaissance Artists' Market24 Blocks on 6th Street from Brazos to I-3524-Hour Fitness24/7 Cleaning Services2823 Manor290 Flea Market2924 Highway 21 E Paige, TX2DayPostcards.com2K Sports2nd Degree Black Sash Class of 20082nd Street District2nd Street Liquor2XL Swagger Brands, Inc.3 Graces Skincare & Spa3 J Ranch Bed & Breakfast300 Austin300 Bear Canyon Dr.311311 Club3137 Jazz Street3218 Hemlock Ave.3305 E. MLKABIA: 24-Hour FlowersTeahausThe 04 CenterThe 04 LoungeThe 13th FloorThe 18th Floor at Capitol Place
Visit the Lightnin' Hopkins performer page.
1-30 of 74 results, sorted by date | sort by relevance
March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott
Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere
Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi
"...Timestalker (UK) Director/Screenwriter: Alice Lowe Producers: Vaughan Sivell, Mark Hopkins, Natan Stoessel, Tom Wood From the creative team behind..."
Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Top 10 Memorable Moments in Austin Theatre
Productions and performances, from the fantastic to the unfortunate
"...Puppet Theater Co.'s staging of Undark, crafted by Artistic Director Connor Hopkins, a single tabletop puppet set against a backdrop..."
Dec. 16, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman
Review: Glass Half Full Theatre's Yamel Cucuy
Modern-day Mexican folktale rallies against things that go bump in the night
"...she drowned; and La Lechuza (puppeteers Marina DeYoe-Pedraza and Connor Hopkins), a witch in owl form, who is drawn..."
Oct. 28, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman
Review: Trouble Puppet Theater Co.’s Undark: A Radioactive Puppet Play
Henson-backed world premiere recounts a workers' rights fight
"...Puppet Play – an original workshop production crafted by Connor Hopkins and funded by a 2021 grant from the..."
May 31, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman
Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List
Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot
"...Inbetween Girl Director/Screenwriter: Mei Makino Producers: Matt Stryker, Connor Pickens, Emily Gollahon, Kate Gollahon, Udoy Rahim Teen artist..."
Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker
The Critics Table's Crème de la Crème
The winners of the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...Deacon Crain Award for outstanding student work; and Kaitlin Hopkins, who heads the program, was honored with a special..."
June 5, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup
See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat
"...Hepburn, Jane Merrow, John Castle, Timothy Dalton, and Anthony Hopkins. Directed by Anthony Harvey. If you’ve always wanted a..."
May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Ethos' Atlantis: A Puppet Opera
This new musical take on the fall of Atlantis pulls us into an ancient place, powered by myth and ritual
"...Melissa Vogt and Trouble Puppet Theater Company Artistic Director Connor Hopkins, all possess a regal bearing and are deftly..."
Sept. 16, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Summer Stock Austin's Carnival
The production offers impressive spectacle, but the musical's treatment of women is still a problem
"...she begins performing with a puppet show (constructed by Connor Hopkins) yet somehow fails to grasp that puppets are..."
Aug. 12, 2016 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe
Only the Fourth Wall Is Forever
After 10 years, Salvage Vanguard Theater is moving on
"...author's death, had provided a disturbing glimpse inside puppeteer Connor Hopkins' psyche with The Head. Puppets? Puppets! Puppets championed..."
June 24, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
Wars of Heaven: Smackdown!
This Trouble Puppet Theater production takes the philosophic battle between good and evil into the pro-wrestling ring
"...Artistic Director Connor Hopkins' script combines many lofty philosophical and theological themes..."
May 6, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver
Five Faces of Frankenstein
This Halloween, Austin serves up five freaky takes on Mary Shelley's mad doctor and his monster
"...Trouble Puppet Theatre Artistic Director Connor Hopkins thought Frankenstein would make a good puppet play,..."
Oct. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Gricelda Silva, Equal Parts Pragmatism and Whimsy
For five years, the actress has been among the busiest and best on Austin's stages
"...the production would include puppetry from notable local puppeteer Connor Hopkins; Silva was entranced. After B-Sides, Hopkins recruited Silva..."
Sept. 25, 2015 Arts Feature by Caitlin Greenwood
Eastside Memorial Celebrates
High school meets state standards, first time since 2002
"...again, he approved their proposal to work with Johns Hopkins Talent Development Secondary (see "Eastside Memorial: The Future of..."
Aug. 21, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Trouble Puppet's The Wars of Heaven, Part I
The eons-old battle between heaven and hell gets reorganized along gender lines
"...course of the company's life thus far, Artistic Director Connor Hopkins has set a trend of challenging himself and..."
May 8, 2015 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe
Hyde & Shriek
When Trouble Puppet Theatre tackles Dr. Jekyll's dark tale, the villain may not be who you think
"...only one cooking up something fiendish in his lab. Connor Hopkins, Austin's mad scientist of the puppetry arts, is..."
Oct. 31, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
The Crapstall Street Boys
This darkly comic tale of monster slaying shows Trouble Puppet's artists at the top of their game
"...mostly absent from modern stages. Four years later, when Connor Hopkins founded Trouble Puppet Theater Company in Austin, plenty..."
March 14, 2014 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Evans
Top 10 Theatrical Sets of 2013, to a Cat
The year's scenic designs proved especially appealing to the feline theatregoer
"...2) 'THE HEAD' (Connor Hopkins for Trouble Puppet Theater) The staging area provided..."
Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe
Top 10 Creative Things I Lucked Into in 2013
Remembering the year thick with superlative works of art onstage and in galleries
"...Puppet Theatre) was the semi-autobiographical apotheosis of everything that Connor Hopkins' strange and splendid company has done before, with..."
Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
The Head
This intensely personal look at depression and personal demons provides a showcase for Trouble Puppet's builders and puppeteers
"..."noonday demon," the "black cloud," the "dark cave." For Connor Hopkins, the Trouble Puppet Theater Company artistic director who..."
Oct. 11, 2013 Arts Review by Dan Solomon
Creature Construction
How Trouble Puppet creates those ingenious, inhuman figures that populate its plays
"...one of them is die," says Producing Artistic Director Connor Hopkins. "You know when you're looking at an actor..."
Oct. 4, 2013 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe
Trouble Puppet Studio
October 3, 2013. 15 photos.
"...Trouble Puppet Artistic Director Connor Hopkins manipulating "I Hate Myself But I Hate You..."
Oct. 3, 2013 Photo Gallery
Eastside Memorial Community: Accentuate the Positive
Supporters hope Education Commissioner sees gains
"...6, the Austin ISD board of trustees picked Johns Hopkins Talent Development Secondary program to be their partner at..."
June 5, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker
The Cruel Circus
Though often entertaining and quite humorous, this Trouble Puppet show seems to be missing something
"...with such astonishing creativity and craftsmanship by Artistic Director Connor Hopkins and company that I left the theatre with..."
May 24, 2013 Arts Review by Adam Roberts
Austin Critics Table Awards 2013
Arts writers raise their glasses to outstanding art in list of nominees
"...Connor Hopkins, Toil and Trouble..."
May 24, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Top 10 (+1) Theatrical Joys of 2012
Recalling a year of Shakespeare on bikes, masterful Miller, and a one-woman eco-soap
"...1) PUPPET THEATRE Connor Hopkins (Trouble Puppet Theater Company) and Caroline Reck (Glass..."
Jan. 4, 2013 Arts Feature by Jillian Owens
Toil and Trouble: A Troubling Turn on Shakespeare's Macbeth
Trouble Puppet makes the magic real in its magical retelling of Shakespeare's Macbeth
"...you see all of the characters as puppets. And Connor Hopkins, the company and production's leader, understands that what..."
Nov. 16, 2012 Arts Review by Dan Solomon
Blood on the Austin Stage, Paint on the Texas Walls
And, go ahead, paint a little on Brenner while you're at it
"...And then, when we're talking about Connor Hopkins and his Trouble Puppet Theatre – who have..."
Nov. 8, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Top 10 Arts Events of 2011 in No Particular Order
How festival goodness and powerful art exhibits made 2011 a year to remember
"...of the (now) late Russell Hoban's postapocalyptic masterpiece was Connor Hopkins and company's valiant attempt at bringing the complexity..."
Jan. 6, 2012 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
Empire Control Room & Garage
