We puppets belong in a world that exists behind a camera and in front of a green screen. Most of what we show you delves into the brain of Nyah, an autistic girl who is trying to navigate a universe that has been built for neurotypical people. As Goldblatt said, “ventriloquism is the occasion for letting strange voices speak”. We speak for Nyah, our strange voice.

First and foremost, we think it’s important to get all of her thoughts out before the world inevitably ends (nuclear war, climate change, etc.), which could happen any day now. Nyah thinks about money and materialism and the concept of a linear life a lot. So, we create video episodes which, quite theatrically, perform Nyah’s perspective about societal expectations (career, marriage, kids) and her uncertainty about the future.

We like our work to be rather loud and irrepressible for the audience, mirroring the constant noise in Nyah’s brain. In the past, we had stage fright and stuck ourselves in a box TV with headphones, perhaps imitating Nyah’s fear of speaking about herself to lots of people. But we convinced her that overwhelming a room with our presence would be a much better way to talk about her thoughts, so that is what we did (using televisions, projectors, and loudspeakers). We find that speaking in an abrupt and unapologetic way works best with this space, as it really makes people listen. Quiet voices don’t go far.