This production by the Old Trout Puppet Workshop was the cover story in our May 6 issue. It opens a short four-day run at the Globe Theatre as part of its Sandbox Series tonight at 7:30 p.m. Tix are adult $20, Students $15. Here’s a link to the story Stephen LaRose did. 

Also today at noon at the Legislative Library (Rm 234) four winning authors from the 2009 Saskatchewan Book Awards — Trevor Herriot, Jo-Ann Episkenew and Margaret Hryniuk — will be reading. For more details call 569-1585.

Finally, tonight at Conexus Arts Centre at 8 p.m. British comic Eddie Izzard is performing. Tix are $44 and $55. For a taste of what Izzard has to offer, here’s a routine where he speculates on the nature of food service aboard the Death Star in Star Wars. (YouTube)