Russian Animation Hit THE FIXIES Goes Live in North America

Moscow-based production and licensing company Aeroplane Productions is announcing the North American premiere of their live stage show, "The Fixie Show: How Tom Thomas Became a Fixie", based on their international animated broadcast and YouTube hit for kids 4-9, The Fixies.

The North American tour premiered November 3 in Miami, Florida at the Julius Littman Theater in its original Russian Language format.

Produced jointly with The Poi Production Company, led by Yuri Sergeyev, the multi-media musical production features the beloved characters from the animated series and will continue its nine-city tour in the U.S with shows in New York (NY), Boston (MA), Wayne (NJ), Philadelphia (PA), Silver Springs (MD), Seattle (WA), San Bruno (CA), and Los Angeles (CA).

Yuri Sergeyev, Producer and Creator of The Fixie Show, "On November 3rd, our big tour of the USA begins. Over the course of 10 days we will visit 9 cities, crossing the country from East Coast to the West Coast - from New York to Los Angeles. This is our first tour in the States and we can't wait to meet the American audience. Over the past several years The Fixie Show has been enthusiastically greeted by Russian speaking audiences in Germany, Spain, Israel, Azerbaijan, the Baltics, Armenia and Belarus, and so we're confident that American children will love to see The Fixies too. Our Fixies feel real to our audiences - we duplicate the facial expressions of the series' characters, and they speak with the voices of original actors. Even the large scale on stage is presented in such a way that our young viewers have no doubt that the Simka and Nolik they are watching on stage are the very same little creatures that live inside of their appliances. In the Fixie Show, Simka and Nolik interact directly with the children and make them active participants in the story."

In "The Fixie Show: How Tom Thomas Became a Fixie," the Fixies invite Tom Thomas and the audience into their world and shrink them down to the size of Fixies. But things take an evil turn when the sinister Computer Virus leaps out of the computer and tries to stop the Fixies from turning everyone back to real size. The Fixies, Tom Thomas and the audience must defeat the villain and transform him from a force of destruction into a kind helper.

"We are so excited to see our animated series live beyond the screen in the US," noted Michael Mennies, Director of International Production and Development. "We launched our English language YouTube channel in North America in July of this year, and we have quickly jumped to 9 million views per month. Our Russian channel currently has 2.8 million subscribers with over 3.6 billion views to date. Our tour is dedicated to reaching our Russian fans here in the US, and we continue to explore exciting and relevant new avenues to bring the series to other off-screen possibilities, including merchandising and licensing products."

The live show is being supported by a new on-line merchandising campaign of branded Fixies merchandise and clothing products available on Zazzle, the leading on-line marketplace.

The North American The Fixies Live Tour! will debut in Miami, Florida on November 3, 2017 and will travel to other key cities throughout the end of the year, including New York, Boston, San Francisco and Los Angeles.