I returned February 4 from a very full ten days in Tucson, Arizona, as a guest of The Rogue Theatre. Beyond the opportunity to shirk snow-shoveling duties (I departed from Logan Airport in blizzard conditions that delivered over 50 inches of snowfall during a well-timed absence), my time in Tucson offered a chance to deepen […]

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 […]

The Distance of the Moon with opening guests Plains The Distance of the Moon is a wordless adaptation for puppets of Italo Calvino’s short story, directed by FST’s Director of Education, Ian Bannon. Shadows, puppetry, and actors combine with a sparse, hypnotic musical score to bring to life this surreal tale. Humorous and heartbreaking by turns, the performance […]

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 […]

Pontine Theatre Presents the First Annual PORTSMOUTH PUPPETRY FESTIVAL, 14-15 June June 14 and 15, Pontine Theatre presents the first annual Portsmouth Puppetry Festival at the West End Studio Theatre. FST’s Jester Kings of Java will be performed at 2pm on Sunday, June 15th The schedule of events also includes: Soloman & Ashmedal by Peaks Island Puppets […]

Artistic Director John Farrell heads off next week to Ontario, Canada, for a presentation of Four Quartets on March 17. At the invitation of Queen’s University Professor Gabrielle McIntire, author of Modernism, Memory and Desire: T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf, John will recite the four-poem cycle of Eliot’s masterwork, and then meet with graduate and […]

Friday, January 3 @ 7:00 PM FST Puppet Gallery opens prior to screening @ 5:00 PM Mayo Street Arts in Portland $8 for adults, $4 for kids 12 and under Tickets available at the door & on Mayo Street Arts’ website All seven episodes of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein will be shown at the premiere, with […]