Martyn Axe




Tree House shakers
Under The Tangle
Conceived and Choreographed by
Emily Bunning


Costume Design:Patti Gilstrap
Set Design:Ioannis Sochorakis
Lighting:Dan Ozminkowski
Original Music:Martyn Axe

Performers

Trey Coates-Mitchell
Ashley Ervin
Katie Montoya
Miranda Noelle Wilson

Visually vibrant, Under the Tangle tells the story of a young orphaned girl lost in a mysterious wooded labyrinth. Throughout her journey, she twists along the maze finding numerous clues and meeting many unusual characters; a flock of whispering black birds, daunting labyrinth guards, and The Queen of the Lost who lives in the forbidding tower. Emily Bunning.

Theater Education

I compose and produce music for various children theater groups that produce original shows of quality for younger audiences. These include The Tree House Shakers and The Brooklyn Children's Theater. They perform regularly in New York and tour all over the United States. In New York they perform at The Alvin Ailey Theater and The Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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Under The Tangle

Under The Tangle is a piece that was developed at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music by the Treehouse Shakers team. I composed new music using Eastern European instruments and rhythms.
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The Boy Who Grew Flowers

The Boy Who Grew Flowers is a dance theater piece based on the classic children book of the same name. The Treehouse Shakers adapted it for the stage and I wrote new music using Appalachian instruments and influences.
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Children's Theater Videos

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The Fairies Revenge BCT

The Fairies Revenge BCT

3 labyrinth

3 labyrinth

4 Bramble Dance

4 Bramble Dance

5 Ninja

5 Ninja

Treehouse Shakers' The Boy Who Grew Flowers' Promo

Treehouse Shakers' The Boy Who Grew Flowers' Promo

The Fairies Revenge BCT

3 labyrinth

4 Bramble Dance

5 Ninja

Treehouse Shakers' The Boy Who Grew Flowers' Promo

Enjoy the promo for Treehouse Shakers' touring show, The Boy Who Grew Flowers.

The Boy Who Grew Flowers, for ages 5-10 and their families, is a stunning visual performance. Adapted from Barefoot Book’s picture book by Jen Wojtowicz, play adaption by Mara McEwin and choreographed by Emily Bunning, it is the story of a young boy, Rink Bowagon, who lives on top of Lonesome Mountain with his unusual family of rattlesnake tamers and shape-shifters. The townspeople agree that Rink's family are quite strange, but they are unaware of Rink's spectacular gifts. Whenever the moon is full, Rink sprouts beautiful flowers from his head. When a new girl, Angelina, moves to town, Rink's life truly begins to grow. Incorporating puppetry, original music, and movement, The Boy Who Grew Flowers is a thoughtful and magical story that lends itself to themes of diversity, creating empathy & celebrating individualism.

Music by Martyn Axe
Costumes & Puppetry by Patti Gilstrap
Set Design & Lighting by Cody Grey

Original Commission by Performing Arts Center at Purchase College under the direction of Executive Director, Seth Soloway.

Below are audio examples

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  1. Town Scene
  2. Devils Jig
  3. Shape Shifting
  4. Flower Music
  5. School Scene
  6. School Music
  7. Shoe Making
  8. Flower Music
  9. Boy Entrance
  10. Labrinth Music
  11. Tangle Dance
  12. Ninjas
  13. Labrinth Dance
  14. Bird Dance
  15. Xmas Time

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