Orren Fen
Bug Ballet
The Southern is proud to present the next installment in our '25-'26 Performance Partnership Program:
Performance Dates
Friday, March 6th at 7:30PM (doors 6:30PM, house 7:00PM)
Saturday, March 7th at 7:30PM (doors 6:30PM, house 7:00PM) (Masks Required Night)
Sunday, March 8th at 7:30PM (doors 6:30PM, house 7:00PM)
Thursday, March 12th at 7:30PM (doors 6:30PM, house 7:00PM)
Friday, March 13th at 7:30PM (doors 6:30PM, house 7:00PM) (Masks Required Night)
Saturday, March 14th at 7:30PM (doors 6:30PM, house 7:00PM)
Saturday, March 14th at 10:30PM (doors 9:30PM, house 10:00PM)*
*Special encore performance. 100 tickets available for purchase online with a limited number of first-come, first-serve, pay-what-you-can walk-up tickets available at doors open.
Performance Length
90 minutes including a 15 minute intermission.
Set on the windowsill of a recently deceased Grandmother's home, Bug Ballet is a large puppet and dance spectacle told through movement and original music, centered on the creeping, otherworldly, and often overlooked creatures we share our lives and homes with. Bug Ballet takes inspiration from the virtuosity of ballet form, but throws many of the typical rules and structures out the window, replacing them with giant puppets and theatrical dance.
Bug Ballet is directed and produced by Orren Fen and Katie Burgess with choreography by Arwen Wilder and a live score composed by Adrian Cox-Thurmond
What will happen when we are gone and our homes sit empty, deteriorating, decomposing?
Maybe if we are lucky they will become grand stages for the Bug Ballet!