“A tone-deaf robot, fearful of his growing obsolescence, tries to woo an office worker with his love songs in prolific producer and turntablist Kid Koala’s (Gorillaz, Deltron 3030) bold adaptation of his tender, and entirely wordless, 2003 graphic novel Nufonia Must Fall. Collaborating with Oscar-nominated production designer K.K. Barrett (Her, Lost in Translation, Being John Malkovich), Kid Koala enlists a team of puppeteers to stage the circuit-bent amoré, filtered through the stylized lighting and cinematography of DP AJ Korkidakis, with the footage edited in real time, resulting in a live silent film. Kid Koala provides the mesmerizing original score, performed by the polymath himself on turntables and keyboards alongside the strings of the Afiara Quartet. The audience gets to watch both the piece being assembled live on stage, and the final product being projected on screen overhead. “

AJ Korkidakis, Co-Creator & Director of Photography

As a co-creator of the show, I have been involved with Nufonia since it's inception, collaborating with the puppet and set designers from the earliest stages of production to create a grayscale retro-futurist noire live film. I designed and built the lighting, designed the camera moves and perform live cinematography in the show each night. Beyond being tasked with the cinematography & lighting, I also had to build the technical workflow for the video department, building a system that served the show's unique and wide ranging needs in a way that would interface with venues worldwide while delivering a truly cinematic experience to the audience. 

 Nufonia Must Fall remains on tour after 3 years of performances worldwide. From Brooklyn's storied BAM theatre, to NYU's campus in Abu Dhabi, to the Shanghai Theatre Academy, to Hamburg's Kampnagel festival, crowds around the world continue to be charmed by this groundbreaking show.