‘I dreamt of a show where the audience becomes horny’: the Swedish puppet play starring bonking barbies

Malmö Dockteater is staging an experimental production of Jackie Collins's 'The World Is Full of Married Men' using anatomically detailed Barbie dolls. The director aims to create a provocative, intimate experience that explores human sexuality through puppetry.
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It highlights the intersection of avant-garde theater and pop culture, challenging traditional boundaries of performance art and adult themes.
No strings attached … one of the Barbie stars of The World is Full of Married Men. Photograph: Emmalisa Pauly No strings attached … one of the Barbie stars of The World is Full of Married Men. Photograph: Emmalisa Pauly Puppetry ‘I dreamt of a show where the audience becomes horny’: the Swedish puppet play starring bonking barbies Malmö Dockteater is adapting Jackie Collins’s debut novel about the swinging 60s using anatomically enhanced dolls. Puppets help you explore sex in a different way, they say
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