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Catching up from Sunday... After my own show on Sunday evening I also caught a 10 PM performance of Walking Shadow's Fringe offering, Squawk. I am a sucker for anything with penguins, so when I heard they were doing a show with a three-foot penguin puppet I was sold.

What do you get when you cross the most awesome penguin puppet with the army? Squawk, the latest of a string of Fringe hits from Walking Shadow. The penguin of course steals the show almost from the get go, expertly puppeteered by John Heimbuch and David Pisa, but it didn't take me long to forget to think of it as a puppet at all. The human side of the cast was also excellent and before long I was engrossed in the story and relationships of these army officers, penguin included (Lt. Falkland). I loved the show, and while it's worth seeing for the puppet if nothing else, its charms by no means end there. 5 out of 5 stars.