Comedy
“Without words, only with their poetic presence and perfectly timed comedy, they
manage to tell a touching story about loss and grief.”
- (UWE Festival, Munich)
Boxlife
by Matilda Fatur
Nikolas Stocker
Nikolas Strubbe
aka: Their Unparalleled Majesties Grand Royal Tabletop Theatre Company
This dark comedy combines Puppetry and Clown theatre into a non-verbal tale of
companionship and grief. Join three naïve yet mischievous friends as they battle
against emptiness. Their shared imaginations create strange new worlds – filling the
void with mail-order parcels, games, and unexpected magic. Come along on a rich
journey of life, death, and cardboard boxes.
AWARD WINNER
for "Tightest Show" at 2023 Flop Festival, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Show Details
Runtime: 1 hour (60 minutes)
Language: Non-verbal
Audience: Ages 8-100+
Thematic advisory: Contains depictions of death, self harm -
Availability
Boxlife is available for theatres, festivals, educational programs, and non-traditional spaces.
We are based in Europe and USA, but are open to travel.
Our non-verbal storytelling works in all languages.
Adaptable to most spaces, so please send any requests, and we will be happy to accommodate wherever possible.
Audiences love boxlife
Storytelling
"The most mature piece I've seen in my decades here."
- Richard Weihe (Accademia Teatro Dimitri)
Heart
”These people made me ugly cry today, and I freaking loved every second of it.” - (Audience Review)
Video
Boxlife trailer
(Complete footage available upon request)
Boxlife
Past Performances
Accademia Teatro Dimitri
Premiere, December 2022
Teatro Dimitri,
Verscio, Switzerland
UWE Festival Munich
May 2023
Theater Akademie August Everding,
Munich, Germany
Young Animation Festival
June 2023
Welser Figuren Theater Festival
Wels, Austria
Spectaculo Interesse
October 2023
International Puppet Festival
Ostrava, Czech Republic
Saalbau Reinach
October 2023
Saalbau
Reinach, Aargau, Switzerland
Flop Festival
October 2023
Church of Clown
San Francisco, California, USA
Tabletop Theatre Co
Who we are
Their Unparalleled Majesties' Grand Royal Tabletop Theatre Company was founded in 2022, to create entertainment that is personal, collaborative, and from the heart.
As a company, we are delighted to share works of art
which elevate the foolish and the profound inside us
all. In our shared laughter, gasps, games, and tears - we build the communities we seek.
Matilda Fatur
Matilda Fatur is a puppeteer, actress, jazz double bassist, and singer from Croatia. After finishing her BA in Acting/Puppetry in Osijek at the Academy of Arts and Culture, she went on to specialize in Puppetry through an MA degree in Switzerland at Accademia Teatro Dimitri. She loves combining music with theatre in all ways possible. When she can’t do that, she settles for that one song always stuck in her head. She plays with the jazz funk fusion band Gungula, and her favourite color is green.
Instagram: @matildafatur)
Nikolas Stocker
Nikolas Stocker is a clown, physical actor, director, and theatre maker. He wants his audience to laugh, cry and sigh, and believes that "theatre should be like good food. No more ingredients than necessary, aesthetic, communal, and digestible." Since his training at the Schule für Clowns in Hofheim Germany, he has been touring with various clown and theater productions. He is the co-founder of two theater companies: Aniko-theater.ch and amlou.ch. Currently he is earning his Master of Theatre Arts at the Academia Teatro Dimitri in Verscio, Switzerland. Instagram: @nikolasstocker
Nikolas Strubbe
Nikolas Strubbe has been fortunate to share his art around the world since 2005, in the realms of: theatre, circus arts, comedy, improv, storytelling, puppetry, immersive entertainment, screen media, and education. He has a deep passion for eccentric characters, masks, and surreal storytelling in many forms. Nikolas earned his BA from UC Santa Cruz, and his Certificate of Physical Theatre from the Flying Actor Studio in San Francisco, California. He recently completed his MA in Physical Theatre & Teatro di Figura (Puppetry) at Accademia Teatro Dimitri in Switzerland.
Instagram: @nikolasstrubbe