The Shop of Little Horrors

Welcome to Grimlake's Emporium of Novel: a ramshackle shop on the outskirts of Nowhere, where ramshackle magic tricks and strange dolls gather dust and cobwebs.

No one has come into the shop for years, but that's just fine with proprietor Albert Grimlake. He's obsessed with dolls, especially ventriloquist dummies - each face lovingly crafted by his own hand, bearing an uncanny resemblance to customers, friends and family long gone.

But Grimlake is old and he has no son, no successor. Time is running out to find someone to keep the Emporium open, someone to breathe life into his creations, someone who shares his peculiar passion for the dolls...

Then comes Eric - he's young, he's eager, and he's seen every Muppet movie, twice. He's the perfect candidate: stronger than mustard and easily molded. But Eric discovers there's so much to learn. How can you scream without moving your lips?

The Shop of Little Horrors is a dark and twisted show with a wicked sense of humor, featuring a macabre collection of characters. Using extraordinary puppets, masks and props, Pickled Image has created a show that can measure up to its international successes, Houdini's Suitcase, Hunger and Late Night Wolf Tales.

The performance is played in English.