In the year 2024, Sequoia Erickson and Robin Kadirgamar came together with a dream;

of bringing the magic of shadow puppetry to non-traditional theatre spaces. With their dream and a deadline before them they put their thinking caps on and created The Shadow Tent, and their first show Moondance, which premiered at the Royal Ontario Museum in January, 2024.

 

The creative candle was lit, since its premiere Moondance has played across globe, making its international premiere at the Harmony World Puppet Innovation Festival in Bangkok, Thailand in November, 2024. With the spiritual sequel, In Colour, following shortly after at the ROM in December. The Shadow Tent has played at Toronto International Buskerfest, University of Toronto Schools, The Westin Harbour Castle, PAMA, Ken Seiling Waterloo Regional Museum, Concrete Cabaret, Fresh Ideas in Puppetry Conference and beyond over the last two and a half years. 

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Simultaneously, Sequoia has been a stilt walker for the last twenty years and has infused her particular style of spectacular street performance into the Little Chaos fold, crafting one-of-a-kind costumes that spread wonder at all manner of community and corporate events. Our latest creation, Bluebelle Mariposa, made her feature debut at Toronto's Concrete Cabaret in July 2025. 

 

As we approach our 50th Shadow Tent show, and our third year of collective creation, we're excited to continue to bring shadow magic and spectacle art to nontraditional spaces, while we grow and develop to invite new artists and audiences into our work. This year we have two new shadow shows in development, along one spectacular new stilt character, so watch this space for upcoming performances and events!