String And Shadow’s ‘Night At The Grand Opera’
“A single night at the Grand Royal Opera House, where industrialists, revolutionaries, the players of the opera house and the vermin who inhabit its walls collide,” is how String and…Continue Reading →
Bread & Puppet’s ‘Upside Down World Resurrection Pageant’
“Through all the world below / God is seen all around / Search hills and valleys / Through there she’s found,” sing the performers, all clad in white, as they…Continue Reading →
Hattie Grimm’s ‘Bird Puppet Parade’
“Just like the flock, our human bodies are designed to exist together. But we are out of practice,” observes Hattie Grimm, the Milwaukee artist and educator who created the “Bird…Continue Reading →
Circa Combines Circus Acrobatics And Dance At Jacob’s Pillow
In the astonishing acrobatics and slinky aerialists and feats of strength, in the modern showgirls and strongmen of Australia’s Circa Contemporary Circus, you can sense their traditional circus roots—even as…Continue Reading →
Photos: ‘Summer Solace’ By Janelle Gilchrist Dance Troupe
“Summer Solace,” a showcase of ballet and modern works presented by Boston’s Janelle Gilchrist Dance Troupe at Cambridge’s Foundry on July 11 and 12, 2026, aims to be “a performance…Continue Reading →
‘Temple of Our Ancestral Dreams’ At Pao Arts Center
“This space could have become parking garage, but it didn’t,” Anita Yip explained as she presented “Still, We Gather” at Metropolitan Courtyard on Oak Street, in Boston’s Chinatown, on May…Continue Reading →
Bread & Puppet’s ‘Woyzeck’
In 1981, Bread and Puppet Theater toured Germany performing “Woyzeck,” their version of German writer Georg Buchner’s sad, bleak, femicide play, which he left in unfinished fragments at his death…Continue Reading →
Bread & Puppet’s ‘The End Of The World Never Minding Show’
Our friends Bread and Puppet Theater brought “The End of the World Never Minding Show!” to Somerville’s Center for the Arts at the Armory last night near the end of…Continue Reading →
Welcoming Spring At Bread & Puppet
“It’s more important than ever to remember the ways of our ancestors,” Maria Schumann told the crowd as she launched the “Spring Ritual” on the Circus Field at Bread and…Continue Reading →
‘Homecoming’: Toy Theater Mulling Migration
“Homecoming” was a meditation on migration, immigration and home–from bird sightings to immigrants crossing the globe. The original toy theater show, a form of miniature, table-top puppetry, was creatred and…Continue Reading →