This winter, our entire team of affiliate puppeteers and designers were called upon when FST was contracted to create puppets and sets for Holly Star, a feature-length film being produced in Maine. The project was the primary focus of our creative and administrative time for four months, and included the challenge of pioneering the common ground between the […]

“And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” —T.S. Eliot FST’s John Farrell returns to his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts, for a noontime, July 15 recitation of T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets at 51 Walden, Concord’s performing arts consortium. The Egg Rock […]

T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets The Rogue Theatre in Tucson, AZ Sunday, February 1st at 2:00pm Tickets available for $20 An unquestioned masterpiece of 20th-century literature, T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets is a complex, deeply moving meditation on time, memory, and human striving toward the divine. John’s recitation of Four Quartets affords audiences an opportunity to immerse […]

FIGURES OF SPEECH THEATRE PRESENTS FOUR QUARTETS A RECITATION FROM MEMORY OF T.S. ELIOT’S POETIC MASTERWORK Performed by John Farrell Flute Interludes by Carl Dimow Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 7:30 PM Portland Ballet Studio Theater 517 Forest Avenue Portland, Maine tickets $20 • reservations suggested 207-865-6355 or quartets@figures.org   “John’s recitation was both technically […]

FOUR QUARTETS A RECITATION FROM MEMORY OF T.S. ELIOT’S POETIC MASTERWORK ACCOMPANIED BY BEETHOVEN’S A-MINOR STRING QUARTET Four Quartets recited by John Farrell A-Minor String Quartet (Opus 32) performed by ◦ Joel Pitchon – violin ◦ Katherine Winterstein – violin ◦ Ronald Carbone – viola ◦ Volcy Pelletier – cello Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 7:30 PM Helen […]