Bushwick Poetry and Puppetry Fest Will Feature Ukulele-Backed Haikus, Feminist Plant Puppets

Strings will be attached, unattached and allegorically rhymed about at Alphabet Arts and Bushwick Starr’s fifth annual Puppets & Poets Festival this month.

The festival will explore the diverse art forms of puppetry and poetry, and the hybrid puppet poems, through an array of performances by artists from around the country.

There will be a free, all-ages matinee at 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, December 12 and 13, as well as a cabaret performance for more mature audiences at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, December 10 and 11, and 7 p.m. on Sunday, December 13. The all-ages matinee is free, but the cabaret costs $18 per person, with tickets available online or at the door.

The cabaret will feature such highlights as ukulele haiku-odes and a feminist plant-puppet performance, while the matinee program will be a musical and interactive puppet adventure.

Both shows are taking place at the Bushwick Starr theater on 207 Starr Street between Irving and Wyckoff avenues, off the Jefferson Street L stop.

[Photo via the Bushwick Starr]

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