Corrugated Spectacles are puppeteers Caitlin Ross, Denise Rogers Valenzuela, and musician Arvin Heidari. United by their interest in cardboard, political puppetry, and whimsy, they created Variety Box in 2021. Since then, they have presented different iterations of their cardboard toy theatre circus at Objecto Festival in Toronto (November 2021), Café Concret (December 2021), The Wiggle Room (May 2022), and OUF! Festival Off Casteliers in Montreal (May 2022) and at Bread and Puppet Theatre’s Guest Performer program in Glover, Vermont (July 2022). After their performance at OUF!, they received the Phenomena Award, which entailed a week-long residency at Festival Phénomena’s studio in February 2023. Corrugated Spectacles continue to develop the show Variety Box, which addresses ecosocial and feminist topics with glitz, humour and everyday materials—especially corrugated cardboard.