This article appears in Best of Show 2025.
Puppeteers for Fears presents Robopocalypse: The Musical at the Arcata Thea tre Lounge at 7 p.m. It’s all in the title, really, but to be clear: This is a musical — chock full of puppets — about the terrifying ascendance of cyber overlords and malevolent A.I. masters, ruling the human race like the screen-chained little piggies we are. Yikes! But all in good fun, too, and with musical guest Blunderbust. This comes after a national tour, so these puppets are warmed-up, loose and limber, and ready to tell their story. Tickets are $20 if purchased in advance, $25 at the door. Viva.

