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Learn MoreFor over 20 years, Seven Times Salt has been exploring, expanding, and morphing the tradition of 16th- and 17th-century English Concert repertoire, bringing their unique curiosity and creativity to historically accurate performances that “blur the line between art music and folk tunes in the concert hall, the dance…
Joining the Midwinter Revels Children’s Chorus is a huge commitment for our young singers, who spent the entire fall learning music, choreography, and blocking for a thirteen-performance run in Sanders Theatre. But being in the Children’s Chorus is also an amazing opportunity for young performers to grow and…
Every year, a brave cohort of young performers take the Sanders Theatre stage as members of our Revels Children’s Chorus. After months of rehearsal, including three all-day weekend rehearsals with our Adult Chorus, they take the stage to perform songs, dances, and more for two exciting weeks of…
By Jeffrey Gantz, Globe correspondant. Updated December 18, 2023, 3:04 PM CAMBRIDGE — The Feast of Fools arose in medieval Europe as a Christmastide ritual in which a mock bishop or pope was elected and low and high officials changed places. The inspiration came perhaps from the birth…
By Michael Hoban. Updated December 20, 2023 Midwinter Revels: The Feast of Fools: A Medieval Celebration of the Solstice – Written and Directed by Patrick Swanson and Debra Wise.; Musical Direction by Elijah Botkin; Choreography by Susan Dibble; Set Design by Jeremy Barnett; Sound Design by Bill Winn;…
By Lynne Weiss. Updated December 18, 2023 The long-playing Midwinter Revels (founded as Christmas Revels in 1971) is a unique mix of professional performance, volunteer talent, and audience participation that has created a joyous community that comes together each holiday season to delight in forms of music and dance that…
By Nancy Grossman, Globe correspondant. Updated December 21, 2023 Midwinter Revels: The Feast of Fools A Medieval Celebration of the Solstice Written and Directed by Patrick Swanson and Debra Wise; Elijah Botkin, Music Director; Sarah Higginbotham, Children’s Music Director; Choreographer, Susan Dibble; Set Design, Jeremy C. Barnett; Costume Design, Heidi Hermiller; Lighting…
By Terry Byrne, Globe correspondent. Updated November 10, 2023, 10:00 a.m. Across 34 years as artistic director of the Revels, Patrick Swanson has taken audiences from every corner of Europe to North America, from medieval times to the 20th century, in an exploration of the mysteries of life, death,…
This year, Revels is kicking off Revels RiverSing: Two Dragons Dancing with a bang… or rather, with a HONK! We are thrilled to have Good Trouble Brass Band, a Boston-based activist street band, join us in the festivities as we welcome in the Autumnal Equinox with song and…
WATERTOWN, MA – Revels, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Debra Wise as its new Associate Artistic Director. Co-Founder and former Artistic Director of Cambridge’s Underground Railway Theater @ Central Square Theater and an artistic leader at Central Square Theater, Ms. Wise has established herself in…
