When we left our fearless lady reporter, Molly Sloan had just hit the Queen of Zygon with a Molotov cocktail, setting off a chain reaction that caused the Imperial Planet of Zygon to explode and saved Earth from imminent invasion. Fast-forward two weeks, and Sloan and her keen assistant Timmy Mendez are ready for a new adventure in The Intergalactic Nemesis #2: Robot Planet Rising. Hurray! What began in 1996 at an Austin coffeehouse has bloomed into a universe of comic books; audio dramas; a YouTube channel; and never-to-be-missed, live-action, graphic novel-style performances. These shows feature a live score and three fiendishly good actors who bring an intergalactic cast to life. Every other sound — trains, starships, running, slithering, exploding — is created by a remarkable Foley artist using a box of macaroni, a balloon, and some plastic tubes (seriously, this is aural witchcraft). The comic book art — vivid and larger than life — flashes above the players frame for frame, making for a multimedia experience unlike anything else this side of Robonovia.
Robot Planet Rising starts at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, 101 Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley. $18-$42; (510) 642-9988 or calperformances.org.
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