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Location: United Parish, 210 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446 (map)
$50 Premium Ticket — includes a reserved seat, a drink ticket, and a surprise treat!
$28 Advance Ticket — available until Tues Dec 5 at 5:00 pm
$35 Regular Ticket — available after Tues Dec 5 at 5:00 pm
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Important: No latecomer seating will be available. Please be on time! We encourage you to come at 7:30 to enjoy the bar and concessions. Doors close at 8pm.
About the Show
A scrap collector embarks on a dream-like journey on his bike, through a fantastical maze filled with illusions, wonders, and shadows of his past — accompanied by live original music played on bicycle parts and junk instruments! Returning to Puppet Showplace Theater for the first time since their sold-out visit in 2013, Les Sages Fous brings us back to their eerie-yet-inviting world of metamorphosis and transformation with this U.S. premiere performance.
Doors will open at 7:30 pm and we invite you to join us for preshow refreshments. After the show, stay for a reception and conversation with the artists!
Length: 60 minutes
This show is intended for adults and teens, and appropriate for children 10 and up.
Paper mache, object performance, and live music.
From Québec!
Check out the teaser for the show:
Location, Parking, and Accessibility
Location
United Parish in Brookline is located at 210 Harvard Street near Coolidge Corner, one block south of Beacon Street. Please enter at 15 Marion Street.
Parking
There is no public parking lot at United Parish. There is street parking on Marion Street (meters end at 8:00 pm), a nearby paid garage at Courtyard by Marriott, and a paid parking lot on Centre Street.
Wheelchair Access
There is a wheelchair accessible ramp entrance off of the driveway on Marion Street. The performance space is fully wheelchair accessible and there is an accessible restroom. If you have questions or need other accommodations, please email boxoffice@puppetshowplace.org.
About the Artist
Les Sages Fous is an internationally renowned theater company founded in 1999 in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec. Their shows are visual adventures that intrigue people of all ages, origins, social class and cultures, and have been presented in over 250 international theater festivals in 28 countries on 4 continents.
Jacob Brindamour (actor-puppeteer, puppet movement training, co-author) grew up in a theater family, where puppets adorned the walls. He became, despite himself, a fourth-generation actor and founded Les Sages Fous, a theater company that allows him to follow his wildest dreams and to sail the seven seas.
Jacob learned mask theater and puppetry with Paul-André Sagel (Centre national des arts du cirque, France), Carina Bonan (Espace Catastrophe, Brussels), Eric Bass (Sandglass Theater, Vermont), Nina Dimitrova (Credo Theatre, Bulgaria), Claire Dancoisne (Théâtre de la Licorne, Lille), and Nicole Mossoux (Mossoux-Bonté, Brussels).
Jacob focuses on puppet movement and exploration. He is a puppet tamer — Les Sage Fous’s puppets are not complete until they have passed through his hands, finding their weak spots, breaking them, and improving them. Jacob has participated as creator and performer in all the company’s shows and has toured all over the world with their productions.
Production Credits
Perfomer: Jacob Brindamour
Staging and puppets: South Miller
Set design and props: Sylvain Longpré
Music: Christian Laflamme
Stage manager: Paul Foresto
A co-production between Les Sages Fous and Nordland Visual Theatre (Stamsund, Norway).
This presentation was made possible with the New England States Touring (NEST) grant from NEFA. Creation of this show was supported by Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Conseil des Arts du Canada, Ville de Trois-Rivières, Nordland fylkeskommune.
