{"id":8539,"date":"2012-08-31T18:24:09","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T23:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/?p=8539"},"modified":"2012-08-31T18:24:09","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T23:24:09","slug":"strike-up-the-band-the-bread-puppet-theater-are-back-in-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/2012\/08\/strike-up-the-band-the-bread-puppet-theater-are-back-in-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Strike up the band, The Bread & Puppet Theater are back in town!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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photo by Mark Dannenhauer<\/p><\/div>\n

The Bread & Puppet Theater: The Circus of the Possibilitarians
\nCambridge Common, Cambridge MA (Mass. Ave & Garden St., near Harvard Square)
\nSunday, September 2nd, 3pm – FREE! (rain or shine)
\nto kick off Harvard Square’s annual “Revival Month”<\/strong>
\nSponsored by the Cambridge Arts Council<\/a> and the Harvard Square Business Association<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

What better way to celebrate (and ridicule) the R<\/strong>idiculous N<\/strong>everending C<\/strong>ircus of this political campaign year with that esteemed bastion of progressive thought, The Bread and Puppet Theater<\/a>! <\/p>\n

Puppets by the people, for the people! Coming up on their 50th Anniversary<\/strong> (WOW!), this award-winning theatrical troupe return to one of their old haunts, Cambridge Common, to usher in Harvard Square’s Revival Month<\/a>. I’ll let the Bread & Puppet people attempt to explain what they will be doing on Sunday:<\/p>\n

“The Circus of the Possibilitarians is a satirical horse and butterfly circus, addressing pertinent national and international issues in a clownish fashion, features rotten ideas, a wild dancing horse, a saxophone ballet, a solemn salute to the world’s casualties and much more! Not to mention The Dire Circumstance Jubilation Ensemble providing a little bit of brass and a lot of noise. Please take note that if some of the circus acts are politically puzzling to adults, accompanying children can usually explain them.”<\/em><\/p>\n

As is their tradition, the audience will be invited to check out the masks and puppets up-close after the performance, and their Cheap Art will be for sale. Expect a wild afternoon of pomp and hilarity. For a little taste, see below (thanks to ‘beverlyills’ for uploading this gem).<\/p>\n