World Day of Puppetry at Boston Children’s Museum

Puppets – on hands, on strings, with wings – will flock to Boston Children’s Museum to celebrate the World Day of Puppetry on Sunday, March 29, 2015. Come join the puppets and members of the Boston Area Guild of Puppetry for a day of performances, puppet-making, and demonstrations that will delight all ages.

Schedule: http://www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org/calendar/world-day-puppetry

Join puppeteers in The Common on the second floor of the Museum to make a puppet, try one out, or watch puppeteers demonstrate their skills. Bring tiny tots to the Kindergarten Room for 3 special performances 11:15, 12:15, or 1:15 by Ron Comeau (Jubilee Puppets).   All activities are included in Museum admission.

Meet friendly dragons, Chinese hand puppets and many more characters in the Guild exhibit area, curated by puppet-builder Barb Harrold (Crefftwr’s Trees).

In the Kidstage Theater, puppet companies will present four lively shows for ages 3 and up:

11:30 Join Dream Tale Puppets for a joyous adaptation of the classic “Jack and the Beanstalk,

12:30 Journey with Margaret Moody to a fairy garden in “Badger Meets the Fairies,”

1:30    Delight in “Puppets, Lollipops and More” , John Lechner and Peter Schaefer of Tanglewood Marionettes,

2:30    Laugh at Deborah Costine’s gentle shadow stories in “Three Pigs and Other Tales.”     Performances are free with Museum admission.

The 2015 World Day of Puppetry celebration is a collaboration of the Boston Area Guild of Puppetry and Boston Children’s Museum. The Puppetry Guild is a group of puppeteers and puppet-lovers. For more information about the Guild, please see puppetsbostonguild.org.