Happy Accident on Tour
Saturday, March 21
Doors: 7:30 PM / Show: 8 PM
Recommended for ages +13
Miracle cures. Rejuvenation. Youthful glow. Neutral tones.
Just in time for World Puppetry Day, BBMT is pleased to host the amazing Happy Accident for a one night only performance of Everything is Nothing.
And don’t miss Happy Accident’s puppetry workshop on 3/22. Limited tickets sold separately here!
Happy Accident returns with a new puppet dispatch from our beautiful cultural sewers. In their new show, Everything is Nothing, your favorite Saturday morning super pals take you on another trip through the dark alleys of modern life. Picking up where their last piece-the acclaimed Vol. 1-left off, Everything takes us further into our fractured collective psyche and OH MY it’s a BLAST. Liz Howls and Drew Simpson pull inspiration from multi-level marketing, health and wellness culture, Mad About You, relentless pharmaceutical commercials and abhorrent technological “advancements” to create a surreal garbage world full of glitches, easy listening and flat, functional lighting. It’s like a trip to the dentist without all of the annoying paperwork and anesthesia.
Everything is fun. Everything is fabulous. Everything is what you want, when you want it.
If there was a pill that would make it all go away, why wouldn’t you take it?
Happy Accident is the collaborative absurdist performance work of puppeteer/visual artist liz HOWLS and musician/lighting designer Drew Simpson. They have been building and performing together since early 2024, so not that long. But long enough.
They find most of their inspiration digging through bins full of refuse, spending late nights binge-watching horrible sitcoms, and trying to figure out how everything ended up this way. While most of their performances are based around puppetry and sound, they also incorporate mask work and elements of what is often referred to as “performance art”.
Their first full-length piece, Vol. 1, debuted at the 2025 New Orleans Giant Puppet Festival and was toured nationally for 3 months in that same year. They have been guest performers at Outta Hand Puppet Slam in Portland, OR; Fussy Cloud Puppet Slam in Seattle, WA; Full Moon Puppet Show in Minneapolis, MN (which liz also runs & curates); Puppets in the House Regional Festival in Verona, WI and are tickled pink returning to NOGPF in 2026 with a new show.