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Cirque Mechanics in a Birdhouse Factory

When world-renowned circus stars dream up a factory, it is no ordinary industrial plant. It’s a wild and wonderful workshop where the machines are circus props and the workers are acrobats, dancers, contortionists, and clowns. It’s Birdhouse Factory by Cirque Mechanics, an extraordinary troupe of Cirque du Soleil, Pickle Family Circus, and Moscow Circus veterans who transform the mundane into the magnificent.

Funded in part by the Expeditions program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support from the six New England state arts agencies.

Tuesday, November 10
Concert Hall 7:30 PM
$35, $25, $15, Five College/GCC/STCC and Youth 17 and under: $15

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American Shakespeare Center

Dance, athleticism, and swordplay share the stage with sonnets, bawdy wit, and soul-searching speeches in this profoundly human and always surprising masterpiece. The American Shakespeare Center recovers the joys and accessibility of Shakespeare’s theatre and gives its audiences some of the pleasures that an Elizabethan playgoer would have enjoyed: universal lighting, doubling of parts, fun with gender confusion, minimal sets, familiar costumes, and the use of music throughout.

Co-presented with the Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies.

Tuesday, November 3
Bowker Auditorium 7:30 PM
$20, Five College/GCC/STCC students and Youth 17 and under: $10

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Awaji Puppet Theater: Japanese Puppets

AWAJI PUPPET THEATER is a traditional Japanese puppet theater form with a history of over 500 years. This form is thought to be the cradle of all other Japanese puppet theater traditions, pulling together puppet-manipulation, live shamisen music, and recitation/narration. Intricate and gorgeously costumed puppets perform in front beautiful stage sets. The program will feature traditional dance, music and classic drama. A unique presentation with an on stage puppet demonstration on building and moving the puppet by master artists.

The North American tour of Awaji Puppet Theater Company is organized and produced by the Japan Society, New York, in partnership with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and is supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan and The Japan Foundation through the Performing Arts JAPAN program.

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