Les Sages Fous presents Tricyckle

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Hours:	8:00pm
Ages:	Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	$$$ see below
Category:	Performances

Internationally renowned Quebecois theater company Les Sages Fous will perform Tricyckle, presented by Puppet Showplace Theater in Brookline, MA on December 6 and 8 as part of a multi-city U.S. premiere.

Returning to Puppet Showplace Theater for the first time since their sold-out run of The Orphan Circus in 2013, Les Sages Fous brings us back to their eerie-yet-inviting world in a wordless production featuring puppetry, live acting, and original music played on “invented instruments.”

Actor and puppeteer Jacob Brindamour masterfully brings to life a lonely tricycle rider as he journeys through a fun-house-esque landscape of memories, accompanied by a haunting score composed by
Christian Laflamme.

This is the last stop on the troupe’s recent premiere tour of New England, which was made
possible with funding from a New England States Touring (NEST) grant from the New England
Foundation for the Arts (NEFA).

The puppets are made with simple materials, such as paper mache, and much of the set pieces are made from modified bicycle parts. Tin cans and vegetable strainers are used for lighting and Brindamour uses a flashlight on stage to create additional lighting effects. More bicycle parts and found objects were fashioned into instruments to play the original musical score, composed by Christian Laflamme. The result is an unusual soundscape that is both urban and fairground, perfectly accompanying the protagonist’s story.

COST

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Tickets start at $28; discounted tickets are available for Card to Culture participants (WIC, EBT, ConnectorCare, MassHeath, etc).

WEBSITE

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www.puppetshowplace.org/calendar/2023/12/06/tricyckle

LOCATION

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210 Harvard St., Brookline, MA, 02446 map

United Parish
210 Harvard St.
Brookline, MA 02446.