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West Fest New Vaudeville Festival: WORLD OF WONDERS

27 December 2014. An evening of mime, conjuring, and shadowgraphs.

26-30 December, Pontine Theatre presents a host of New Vaudeville performers at its Sixth Annual WEST FEST New Vaudeville Festival. Each show features a different exciting performer. Performances are offered at 2pm, at Pontine’s West End Studio Theatre located at 959 Islington Street in Portsmouth. WEST FEST features family-friendly shows sure to delight audiences of all ages with magic, mirth, and mayhem. Tickets are $15 and may be purchased online at www.pontine.org. Pontine’s West End Studio Theatre is located at 959 Islington Street, Portsmouth NH. Contact Pontine: info@pontine.org / 603-436-6660

Saturday 27 December at 2pm, Leland Faulkner performs his original production, World of Wonders. Leland charms audiences of all ages with the actor’s imagination, the mime’s skill, and the conjuror’s craft. Beginning with the amazing and lost art of shadowgraphs or hand shadows, Leland conjures up an amazing menagerie of silhouettes using only his hands. Discover classical magic from the Far East as a Japanese magician lets folded paper butterflies fill the air with color in a beautiful homage to Old Japan.

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