‘Lionboy’

Charlie Ashanti may not be a superhero, but he does have one extraordinary power: He can talk to cats. The hero of “Lionboy,” adapted by Marcelo Dos Santos from the science-fiction trilogy by the mother-daughter team known as Zizou Corder, Charlie is out to rescue his parents, who’ve been taken by the evil organization known as the Corporacy. The first family show from the British company Complicite, “Lionboy” uses shadow puppetry, acrobatics and African instruments to tell Charlie’s tale.