Bread and Puppet Theater presents Attica and Man of Flesh and Cardboard, along with Man = Carrot Circus (family-friendly): performances presented in partnership with the Boston Center for the Arts as part of the Cyclorama Residency Series. Performances, as well as an Art Exhibit and Cheap Art Sale, run the week of January 23 through January 29. All held in the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts (BCA), 539 Tremont St., South End, Boston, MA 02116 [conveniently located near the MBTA Orange Line & bus connections]. Wheelchair accessible. Tickets for the performances available for purchase [cash or check only] in the Cyclorama one hour before each performance. For advance tickets, log onto www.breadandpuppet.org or call 866-811-4111 (toll free). For further information regarding the week’s events, call the BCA’s Bread and Puppet Theater information line at 617-800-9539 or visit www.bcaonline.org/performance/bread-and-puppet-theater.html.
The award-winning Bread and Puppet Theater, featuring Artistic Director Peter Schumann and his troupe of Vermont puppeteers, returns for a sixth year to the BCA’s Cyclorama bringing their signature powerful imagery, masked characters, and giant papier-mâché puppets. This year, their residency includes the evening program, Attica and Man of Flesh and Cardboard (January 26-29, recommended for ages 12 & older, tix $10-$12), the matinee Man = Carrot Circus (January 28-29, for children of all ages, tix $6-$12, kids 2 and under free), along with Upriser Calisthenics, a week-long political art installation (running January 23-29, with an art opening on January 23), and the sale of Bread and Puppet’s legendary Cheap Art.
Although all Bread and Puppet events have a seriousness of purpose — a few laughs are always thrown in!
“Part carnival, part protest, all pageant,
Bread and Puppet productions
express political outrage and satire …
Mr. Schumann shows that he remains
urgently invested in the politics of the age.”
[New York Times, review of
Attica and Man of Flesh and Cardboard,
Dec. 12, 2011]