They’re calling it a new art form: “the Live-Action Graphic Novel”. Whatever you want to brand it, we’re sure you’ve never seen anything quite like Intergalactic Nemesis: Target Earth. Unfolding like a 1930s radio play, the old-school adventure story features three live voice actors who stand in front of giant, projected retro-comic-book panels; a pianist who plays a live score; and fun sound effects from a Foley artist. The show’s garnered raves elsewhere, and it sounds like it’s the kind of mashup that’s going to appeal to everyone from your former Flash Gordon–fan granddad to space-age-obsessed little kids to hipster comic-book nerds.

Intergalactic Nemesis: Target Earth is at the York Theatre on Saturday and Sunday (April 30 and May 1).