Tickets to Swansong - A Celebration of Paddy Swanson are on sale now!
Learn Morefrom Simon Horsburgh, Revels Board Chair We are looking forward to seeing you in Sanders this year! (COVID protocols are in place and the theater’s air filtration systems have been upgraded – for more info,visit our website.) For those of you still feeling a bit hesitant, we are offering…
from Revels Artistic Director, Paddy Swanson “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” Dickens knew an inflection point in history when he saw it. For most of us dealing with the ravages of a long-drawn-out pandemic, it is harder to see the benefits…
Between the music, the costumes, the lights, and the actors, it takes a lot of coordination to run The Christmas Revels. Luckily, we have the incredibly talented Arkansas “Ark” Light, our resident Christmas Revels stage manager, to keep the wheels spinning and the curtain opening on time. We got to chat with…
This year’s Revels RiverSing will kick off with pre-show music from the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, a costumed funk/street beat improvisational brass band performing a unique blend of original and traditional music based in New Orleans traditions. The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble is led by internationally acclaimed saxophonist, flautist, and composer Ken…
When did you first get involved with Revels? I first became an audience member in 2011 and have attended every Christmas Revels Performance from 2011 onward. I became a volunteer in January 2019. What other activities have you done with Revels? My background is in Library and Information Science. I…
When did you first get involved with Revels? I’ve been in the Boston area since the early 80s, and my wife Cary and I began attending Christmas Revels performances in the 90s when our kids were young. We were active in the Scottish dance community and many of the Revels…
Chorus Member, Raffle Ticket Seller, Envelope Stuffer, Auction Bidder – uh oh – we’re running out of room! When did you first get involved with Revels? We have been in the audience since 1979, returning to Boston from the south. My mother was a music teacher (Belmont Day School;…
When and how did you first get involved with Revels? In the early 80’s I got into English Country Dancing. I was dating a teacher who had a student in the Christmas show chorus and we got front row tickets. In the show, there were some familiar faces…
It’s the people (plus the music and culture!) that keep this Lexington librarian connected to Revels! How did you first get involved with Revels? My first Revels experience was as an audience member at the Northlands show in the early 90s, after recently moving to Boston from Charlotte,…
Volunteer Mari Young loves the intergenerational community of Revels. And she helps make Revels happen, by supervising cast kids… and sorting hundreds of t-shirts! When and how did you first get involved with Revels? I started out seeing Revels in the ’90s as an audience member. I helped out…
