Mar 27-29: Bread and Puppet in Madison!
Submitted by Ted M on March 27, 2007 - 4:22pm.
Bread & Puppet
Bread & Puppet Theater invented the use of giant puppets in political street protests -- at least in North America -- during the Vietnam War, and they are still touring and performing and teaching and resisting injustice today.
Their performances offer much that is beautiful, and thoughtful, and sometimes puzzling. They also generally offer fresh sourdough rye bread with aioli. Like their art, the bread requires chewing.
=== Madison schedule! ===
TUE MAR 27: Cantastoria Workshop (banner/song stories -- a simple, effective, artistic, non-boring technique to communicate ideas in public spaces), free, open to all, Wil-Mar Center, 953 Jenifer St, 5-9 PM. go go go!
WED MAR 28: "Everything Is Fine" Circus performance, UW campus, free. (7 PM? UW Union Theater? check for details but go go go!)
THUR MAR 29: "How To Turn Distress Into Success: A Parable of War and its Making," Barrymore Theater, 2090 Atwood Ave, 7:30 PM, $9. go go go! [Note: time corrected to 7:30 PM!]
Now based in Glover, Vermont, Bread & Puppet last visited Madison 8 years ago in 1999. They are world famous and important to the history of American theater, puppetry, sculpture and activism.
Stefan Brecht, son of Bertolt Brecht, wrote a 1500-page, 2-volume history of their work ("The Bread and Puppet Theatre," Methuen/Routledge, 1988, out of print). Currently in print is Rehearsing With Gods, a gorgeous photographic history of their colossal puppets and imagery.
Do. Not. Miss! And bring your friends!
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