Serious puppet show at Open Space
Open Space for Arts & Community welcomes Bread & Puppet Theatre to Vashon for the company’s performance of “Fire” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, with doors opening at 7 p.m.
Bread & Puppet is currently touring the West Coast with “Fire,” which is considered one of the company’s most powerful works. The show requires absolute darkness, and is 60 minutes long,
Bread & Puppet Theater is based on a large farm in Vermont and was founded in 1963 by Peter Schumann, a German-born artist-dancer. For the next decade, his giant puppets figured prominently in anti-Vietnam-War demonstrations in New York City, Washington D.C. and other cities in the U.S. and abroad.
“Fire” is a series of tableaus about daily life in a Vietnamese town firebombed by the U.S. and is performed by life-sized puppets. A press release calls the performance, “slow, quiet, disturbing, indelible.”
Tickets, available at the door, are by a suggested donation of $10.
Circus debuts new act on Vashon
IMPulse Circus Collective will arrive on Vashon to debut “We All Fall Down” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, with doors opening at 7 p.m. at the Open Space for Arts & Community.
When the lid of an old trunk is lifted, its contents inspire five friends to relive their formative years and the joy of play. They act these memories out with feats of strength and precision acrobatics. The show takes the audience on a journey of charm, surprise and accomplished circus acts.
The IMPulse Circus Collective is a group of young performers. Formed in Seattle in 2013 as artists-in-residence at the School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts, the group’s goal is to inspire its audience, challenge societal constructs and usher in the next evolution of contemporary circus.
“We All Fall Down” was created by circus performers Marta Brown, Arne Bystrom, Emma Curtiss, Jasmine Manuel and Jonathan Rose.
Tickets, available at the door, are by a suggested donation of $15 for adults and $10 for youth. The performance is appropriate for ages 10 and older.
Talk defines power of humor
Vashon Allied Arts’ Arts & Humanities series will present the lecture “Humor as an Antidote to Conflict” given by Howard Sohn at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Vashon High School theater.
Sohn will show an episode of the TV sitcom, “Arab Labor,” written by Israeli-Arab Sayed Kashua. The show portrays the daily struggles of an Arab-Israeli family in a Jewish-dominated society by highlighting obstacles to mainstream acceptance with satirical humor.
Sohn facilitated the production of the show and is deeply involved in efforts to bridge the chasm between Jews and Arabs in Israel. He also currently serves as co-chairman of the board of The Abraham Fund Initiatives, an international organization that promotes coexistence and equality among Israel’s Jewish and Arab-Palestinian citizens.
Tickets are $18 for VAA members and students, $20 for seniors and $22 for general admission. Tickets are available at the Blue Heron and vashonalliedarts.org.
Lit Lounge supports DoVE
Lit Lounge returns to the Open Space for Arts & Community at 4 p.m. Sunday, with doors opening at 3:30 p.m.
The event will be produced in support of the DoVE Project, as part of the nonprofit’s recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness month.
Participants are invited to tell stories around the idea or theme of support.
Cara Briskman, who founded Lit Lounge, said, “The DoVe Project provides so many ways for our community to find support, education, help and so much more. DoVe is an organization I truly believe in and personally support. It was an obvious partnership (with Lit Lounge.)”
Tickets are $10 at the door.
