Ethan DeHoog’s Cardboard Boxes and Other Ways To Travel is hitting the stage in Smithers tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday.
The show is being presented by the Bulkley Valley Concert Association as one of its two satellite shows this season.
“Last year, I did [the show] at the Vancouver Fringe Festival. Somebody from the association saw it and asked if I was interested in bringing it back home,” said DeHoog.
He said the show’s title was inspired by a time when he was away from Smithers but could travel back to the community through packages and letters.
“I’m really grateful to be coming home and performing the show because in part, it wouldn’t exist without the people in Smithers,” DeHoog added.
With the show being rooted in his time away from Smithers, DeHoog often goes back to then while performing which he calls both beautiful and difficult.
Joining him on stage is his puppet Hugo who he made with help from his family after doing some puppetry at Studio 58 in Vancouver.
“I fell in love with the puppetry so I made Hugo part of the show and he’s now a staple of some of my work,” DeHoog said.
Tickets can be purchased at Mountain Eagle Books or through the concert association’s website.
DeHoog will be performing at the Old Church in Smithers tomorrow at 7:00 p.m., and on Saturday at 2:00 and 7:00 p.m.
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