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Commedia dell’arte players Noni Lewis, Billy Meleady, and Mark Jaster in “The Christmas Revels.”      Photo: Roger Ide The Boston Globe, December 10, 2017 CAMBRIDGE — “Who let the Doge out?” is the tag for the 47th annual “Christmas Revels,” a broad hint that Cambridge’s traveling celebration…

It’s the blend, says Patrick Swanson, “the interesting mix of high art and low art. The Revels is always doing that — a sophisticated piece, and then some street theater. We keep entertaining both 8-year-olds and 80-year-olds in the same show.” Swanson, who has been artistic director at…

by Mike Hoban The Christmas Revels: An Acadian-Cajun Celebration of the Winter Solstice. Directed by Patrick Swanson; Musical Direction by Megan Henderson; Set Design by Jeremy Barnett; Lighting Design by Jeff Adelberg; Sound Design by Bill Winn; Costume Design by Heidi A. Hermiller; Choreography by Gillian Stewart. Presented…

By Jeffrey Gantz GLOBE CORRESPONDENT  DECEMBER 12, 2016  Photo by ROGER IDE “The Christmas Revels: An Acadian-Cajun Celebration of the Winter Solstice” follows the Acadian people from Canada to Louisiana. CAMBRIDGE — In 2004, “The Christmas Revels” traveled to Quebec for a celebration complete with “The Legend of the Flying…

By Iris Fanger, Daily News Correspondent CAMBRIDGE – The folks at Christmas Revels have outdone themselves with this year’s production, billed as an “Acadian-Cajun Celebration.” The central theme of families forced from Canada to Louisiana against their will is no less current today than in the 18th century when…

ROGER IDE:  The Red Dragon (representing Wales) chases the White Dragon (England) in “The Christmas Revels” at Sanders Theatre. By Jeffrey Gantz Globe Correspondent  December 15, 2015 CAMBRIDGE — Dylan Thomas’s “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” is such an iconic evocation of the holidays, it’s a wonder that, in…

Scottish Harpist Maeve Gilchrist explores new terrain for Revels By Jeremy D. Goodwin Globe Correspondent     June 11, 2015 Maeve Gilchrist’s musical memories go back to when she was a very young girl in Edinburgh, eager to join in with the adults who frequently jammed on traditional Irish and Scottish…

n classic Revels style, the unexpected mix of talents results in a wonderful mash-up of comic schtick and classical performance. Billy Meleady and Marge Dunn as Victorian buskers in this year’s “Christmas Revels.”. Photo: Roger Ide. By Terry Byrne Longtime Revels master of ceremonies David Coffin greets audience members at the Sanders…

By Jeffrey Gantz    |   Globe Correspondent    December 16, 2014 CAMBRIDGE — Victorian London is such a natural setting for “The Christmas Revels” that it’s hard to believe Revels hasn’t used it since 1998. The current “Victorian Celebration of the Winter Solstice” is in fact the sixth Victorian edition (including…