dot:: a RotoPlastic Ballet Reviews
MD Theatre Guide- Recommended
"...From the zany minds behind Pointless Theatre comes another piece of theatre exploring our role as humans on our planet. Take science fiction, a bit of hip-hop, a splash of futuristic art, and some manic energy and you've got "d0t.""
Theatre Bloom- Highly Recommended
"...Azeez' lyrics are smart- listen carefully and closely. Take note of what's being said. You'll get the bigger picture in a hurry, if you're not too distracted by the wondrous wonders that the design team has crafted all around the intimate little puppet box stage. The aforementioned Mike Winch teams up with Nick Wilby, guised in futuristic space suits, and serves as the live onstage band, enhancing and augmenting Winch's galaxy-laden compositions. As if the soundscape weren't enough to sweep you away into this post-human-existence, the visuals are striking. Set Designer and Director Matt Reckeweg has put the white tiers of a proper puppet theatre into place so that Puppet Design Master Patti Kalil can work her magic. Illuminating this magic, Lighting Designer E-Hui Woo highlights all of the wild and zany things that await the audience once .dØt gets underway."
DCTheatreScene- Recommended
"...At 35 minutes, .d0t is short, but also just the right length for this type of show. Navi's rapid-fire lyrics must take up a serious number of pages, and every part of the design speaks volumes about the System and its destruction. Together, they fit an hour's worth of world-building and text into half the time, thankfully without Azeez or any of the many puppeteers dying of exhaustion from keeping up their unrelenting rhythm and energy. Pointless Theatre's 99-year-old reboot gets right to the matter at hand: A story whose topic and telling are undeniably now."
BroadwayWorld- Highly Recommended
"...If you've ever dreamed of seeing Lin-Manuel Miranda collaborate with Daft Punk, Pointless Theatre's .d0t:: A ROTOPLASTIC BALLET may be the closest you'll get. Heavily inspired by Italian futurist artist Fortunato Depero, the show incorporates masterful puppetry, visuals like a pop-up book brought to life, and clever hip-hop musical verses written and delivered by Navid Azeez. It's a lot of ideas wrapped up in one experience, but they cohere beautifully."