Archive for October, 2014

Four Quartets in Portland

Posted on October 17th, 2014 by Figures of Speech

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

Posted on October 16th, 2014 by Figures of Speech

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 at Smith College

Posted on October 15th, 2014 by Figures of Speech

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 […]