Antony and his tremendous ability to tell a story captures the exact same energy of what mesmerized me about Vincent Price. Antony is equally mesmerizing in this tale full of incredible tech and production... that feels like all it needs a camera and it would be something to watch weekly. ...
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This was a fun experience, a spectacle that will leave you entranced. A one-man rock opera about the Old Testament. Antony Zioni put together a very ambitious project with a stunning production design....
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DO NOT MISS THIS SHOW!
You think, one man show… one person. black box monologue…
NO! Every character that is portrayed has so much life behind them!
The props were creative!
The set well thought out! ...
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Each moment is a transformation. One breath—he’s a serpent coiled around the Tree of Knowledge. Another—he’s a plague-sworn prophet casting shadows over Pharaoh’s court. His eyes shimmer like oil on water, his hands command the air like a priest summoning stars. The set swells with relics: masks like moons, smoke like scripture, props whispering secrets in forgotten tongues. His voice—sometimes honey, sometimes fire—becomes the ladder between worlds. Zioni doesn’t perform. He channels....
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ERNEST KEARNEYstage and cinemacertified reviewerJune 23, 2025
One must admire Antony Zioni for his aspirations with Tales of the Ancient East, which, regrettably, makes the failure of this production all the more lamentable.
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Immensely engaging and thoroughly entertaining, Antony Zioni creates a spectacular world of epic puppets, mesmerizing vocals, hypnotizing drums and classic tales in Antony Zioni - Tales of the Ancient East. I felt like I was watching a pseudo rock opera where GHOST meets Black Sabbath meets an immersive ritual, and I absolutely loved every second of it. So creative, so unique, and in a lane all its own. This is one of the only shows so far where I want to experience it again to fully take in everything. Fantastic work!...
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