Darrel is a middle-aged mentally challenged man who lives with his mother. When she dies in her sleep, Darrel does not realize she is gone, and, for ten days, he lives alone. Tandem to Darrel’s day to day routine are the adventures of his favorite children’s book characters, Honeydog and Little Burp. The newest play from puppeteer Ronnie Burkett who garnered critical acclaim for Provenance.

10 Days on Earth

Literature & Fiction

Burkett, Ronnie

Dramas & Plays

Playwrights Canada Press

Award-winning Burkett has created an unprecedented adult audience for puppet theater.

Billy Twinkle

A new play from one of the world's most acclaimed and inventive puppeteers. Humanity is facing extinction, and Penny Plain, elderly and blind, can only sit and wait. An unexpected cast of characters pay her visits, struggling to escape from the hostile world outside, in this strange and spellbinding play.

Penny Plain

In Ronnie Burkett's Tink's New Dress a young puppeteer risks his own life and the lives of those around him when he uses his art to fight an insidious enemy cloaked as The Common Good. The play is an homage to the Czech puppeteers who performed illegal shows during the Nazi occupation, and it has pulled the heartstrings of audiences across North America and Europe. 
The first installment of The Memory Dress Trilogy, Tinka's New Dress, garnered the Best International Production Award at the Dublin Theatre Festival, five Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards (Edmonton), two Dora Mavor Moore Awards (Toronto) and a Special Citation Obie for distinguished achievement in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions. Audiences are captivated by the warmth, humanity and wit of Burkett's writing as well as the virtuosity he displays in giving his marionettes life and voice.

Tinka's New Dress (Memory Dress Trilogy)

River Books

In Ronnie Burkett's Street of Blood Mrs. Edna Rural of Turnip Corners finds herself with a full plate: her angry gay terrorist son, her conservative husband, a tainted blood scandal and an ageing movie goddess vampire whose appearance coincides with the mysterious disappearance of some of Edna's neighbours. The second installment of The Memory Dress Trilogy, Street of Blood, was awarded a citation for excellence by UNIMA-USA Inc., the US branch of the Union Internationale de la Marionette.

Street of Blood (Memory Dress Trilogy)

Books Collective

Ronnie Burkett's Happy is the home-spun tale of an army vet living in a roominghouse full of misfits: young poet Carla, chain smoking good-time senior Lucille, Ricky the flamboyant shampoo boy, Raymond the caretaker and a cast of supporting characters. Contrasted with Happy is the jaded emcee of The Gray Cabaret, Antoine Marionette, whose guest artists artfully bring to life the stages of Carla's grief over the death of her husband. The final installment of the Memory Dress Trilogy, Happy, has won two Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards (Edmonton), and at the time of publication has been nominated for awards in other cities where the production has been lauded as Ronnie Burkett's most stunning achievement. Burkett tackles themes of memory and loss, happiness and fate with warmth, wit and humanity.

Happy (Memory Dress Trilogy)

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