Mayo Street Arts

Mayo Street Arts (MSA) will present Puzzle Théâtre’s “Bois”—French for “Woods”— as part of the 2024 Puppets in Portland festival, which will take place in Maine from September 13-22.

"Bois" is a humorous and inspiring performance that utilizes natural materials as object theater in a colorful performance of unexpected situations. “Bois” is a remarkable work of playful object manipulation as puppeteers Csaba Raduly and Pavla Mano joyfully bring to life a multitude of wooden pieces of various sizes that they have collected across beaches and forests. The stage is set with a pile of branches and eyes because according to Puzzle Théâtre: everywhere, everything sees. The pieces of wood are brought together by the artists to form strange creatures, some hostile, some comical, to form a curious world that surprises, amazes, and inspires.

This is a wordless show for family audiences that celebrates the innate life of natural materials.