Bear has been tricked one too many times. Now peasant needs helpers from above and below to let the story flower into a new shape. The wrestling takes place in kitchens…BIRDBONE THEATRE

Birdbone Theatre makes puppet shows from scratch and plays them live for the young and the old. We strive to make puppet theatre that might become a house for beauty, for remembering old songs and stories, for wild imaginings and for laughter in hard times. We keep in mind that theatre is a way by which we can know the times we live in, and a way by which the times might recognize us.

We craft our shows with materials at hand, layering techniques, and a vast musicality. We do not banish the unfinished and imperfect in our shows, instead we often play our work in its experimental stages to learn about it. We play music, sing and dance to keep it company. Birdbone theatre is Possibilitarian at heart because it was forged at the Bread and Puppet Theatre under the work of Peter Schumann, and also because it has no choice.

Birdbone Theatre is Aleksandra Bragoszewska (puppeteer, artistic director), Alison Gowan (puppeteer, musical director) and Ekaterina (musician, musical repertoire development). Birdbone Theatre is based in Lyndhurst, Ontario.