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It's A Wonderful Life by Joe Landry

Mon-Tue, Dec 19-20, 2011 at 9:30am & 11:30am

A radio play by Joe Landry based on the beloved Frank Capra film. More...

Grades 4 to Adult

Crabgrass puppet theater

Jabberwocky by Lewis Carrol

Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 9:30am & 11:30am

A journey into the imagination of Lewis Carrol through the best-loved children's poem! More...

Grades 3 to 6

Stacey April Fix

Blown Away

Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 9:30am & 11:30am

Charles Schultz's iconic characters come to life on the stage in fast-paced vignettes. More...

Grades K to Adult

Kaleidoscope Children's Theatre

B.U.L.L.Y

Mon-Tue, Mar 19-20, 2012 at 9:30am & 11:30am

Informative program teaches about various forms of bullying and offers coping strategies. More...

Grades 4 to 8

Tanglewood Marionettes

Fairy Circus

Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:30am & 11:30am

Tanglewood Marionettes' exceptional puppetry set to best-loved music of favorite composers. More...

Grades: Family (all ages)

2011 Parents' Choice Award

Oceans Are Talking!

Mon, May 14, 2012 at 9:30am & 11:30am

Musical call-to-action to enlighten all of us about critical issues facing the world’s oceans. More...

Grades K to 6

FAMILY DRAMA

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Wed-Thu, May 30-31, 2012; 9:30am & 11:30am

Shakespeare's most popular work for the stage formatted in a student-friendly version! More...

Grades 4 to Adult

 

Tanglewood Marionettes present:
Fairy Circus

Mon, April 23, 2011
at 9:30 & 11:30am
Grades: Family (all ages)

Featuring over twenty beautifully hand-crafted marionettes, "The Fairy Circus" is a showcase for turn-of-the-century-style trick puppetry. The puppets will dance, play instruments, juggle, contort, transform, and fly through the air with the greatest of ease, all to the best-loved music of favorite composers!

About the Company: Founded in 1993 by Anne Ware and Peter Schaefer, Tanglewood Marionettes is a nationally touring marionette theater based in New England. Their repertoire consists primarily of classic tales performed by skilled puppeteers who have spent many years perfecting their art.

Specializing in school assembly programs this talented troupe has toured throughout the United States. Locally, they have performed at The Children's Museum in Boston, The Puppet Showplace Theater in Brookline, The Boston Athenaeum, The Yale Art Gallery, First Night, Boston, The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and at fairs, schools, libraries, and art centers throughout New England. They have been performing at the Firehouse for over ten years.

Running time: approx. 45 min.

This event is presented by the Tanglewood Marionettes.

This event is sponsored in part by The Newburyport Five Cent Savings Bank.

 

All seats $9 each.
Deposit is required.
For reservations please call Evelyn Kovach, School Show Coordinator, at 508.641.7135 or send her an email.