Mikael Jaeger Jensen announces Jokasta: A Puppet Opera

After years working in cinema in various capacities (special effects on Avatar and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and directing music videos for Neil Gaiman among others), Mikael Jaeger Jensen today announced his debut theatrical production.

Jokasta: A Puppet Opera is a visually awe-inspiring blend of puppetry, physical theatre, magic and music, premiering for an eight day run in the haunting church ruins of Stoke Newington’s Abney Park Cemetery this Spring.

An old and very wealthy woman hates everything and everyone in the world. Her only love is a female puppet, given to her as a child. Every night she prays that she might become a puppet and spend her remaining days with her true love… a Magician and a Scientist appear, each offering to make her wish come true.

The story and music is written by Adam Donen, whose music videos (‘Sophia’ and ‘There Will Come a Time’ and DVD ‘Requiem’, co-written by The Cure’s Roger O’ Donnell) Jaeger Jensen has directed.

The music and set draws inspiration from German cabaret and art deco, while the plot draws from Brecht and Pinocchio in equal amounts. But it was the cemetery itself that provided the greatest inspiration.

“The Cemetery is our second home,” says Jaeger Jensen. “I’ve spent weeks there with Adam, Justina, and many of our other friends, plotting ideas for works in every medium. It’s our favorite place in London. It was inevitable that sooner or later it would inspire a story.”

Tickets are available now from WeGotTickets.com

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For more information, contact: Mikael Jaeger Jensen / mikael@jaegerjensen.com