Bread & Puppet Theater: Sourdough Philosophy Circus and Pageant
This weekend the Bread & Puppet Theater performs at the Outdoor Ampitheatre of the Raleigh Little Theatre on Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoon.
"The Sourdough Philosophy Circus and Pageant is about the need for human fermentation. Human fermentation concerns those parts of the human body that are not governed by the government, like the guts and the gutsy parts of the brain. This is also applies to zebras and city bred cows, dancing bears and independent donkeys."
"The show is run by a bunch of cooks, specialists in cooking the various stews and pancakes of our everyday first world existence. Additional commentary is provided by the Rotten Idea Theater Company. Music is by the Sourdough Philosophy Brass Band and a quartet of sheep."
The techniques and working methods of the Bread & Puppet Theater were established literally decades ago and though I'm sure things have changed in certain ways, the photos and text I've seen suggests that the core principles continue.
Sometimes that's not a bad thing and, in the case of the Bread & Puppet Theater, it can be a very good thing.
Definitely worth checking out even if or maybe especially if you don't normally dig theater productions.
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