SAPPHIRE HEAD / Handa Gote Research & Development

puppet psychedelia, remake, neighbourhood gathering
performance length: 60 min
A psychedelic puppet piece rooted in 1990s underground culture. Flying objects and found puppets are wandering through an odd landscape referencing the time and place of the initial performance. Given the magical tautology the story narrates itself. Is this how things really occured? We don't know. Sapphire Head is a performance brought back to life after being dormant in a cellar for 25 years.


The performance is a neighborhood puppet piece brought back to life by Handa Gote after 25 years, a reconstruction of 1990s object underground, a combination of a re-enactment and a documentary film willing to explain but unable to do so. Sapphire Head is a long forgotten cult performance many have heard of but only few have seen.

A cult performance many have heard of but only few have seen.

A psychedelic puppet theatre play. A mysterious theatrical remake. A quest for memories of one evening 25 years ago.