Tricyckle is a bewitching spectacle of metamorphosis and transformation using objects and puppetry. 

Guided by enigmatic arrows, a scrap collector steers his tricycle and trailer to the opening of a fantastical maze filled with illusions. A dream-like adventure begins.

The tricycle guides the man through his life journey as if it were an uncanny ride at a fairground; through the house of mirrors, the carousels, and the games of chance leading him through the dark shadows of his past toward his quest for freedom and into the light.

 Without words, Tricyckle's intriguing musical score is composed solely of invented instruments created with found objects. The lights are made with tin cans and vegetable strainers. 

The puppet company is inspired, among others, by men who roam the city of Trois Rivières on their old tricycles, looking for all kinds of materials they carry on their makeshift trailers. According to the artists: "We are also inspired by people who make folk art; those who are not professional artists, with all the baggage and allegiance to the institutions involved. With Tricyckle we hope to break down barriers between high culture and popular art."

Les Sages Fous visited Mayo Street Arts in 2013 for their performance of 'The Orphan Circus.'  For 'Tricyckle' the event will take place at warehouse venue Maine Studio Works. 

You won't want to miss this exquisite and grotesque "aesthetic vision." You can learn more and read reviews of the performance here.

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This event will take place at the Maine Studio Works located at 170 Anderson Street in Portland, ME. 

Saturday, November 18 at 7:00 PM (Doors 6:30 PM), and Sunday, November 19 at 5:00 PM (Doors 4:30 PM), approximately 60 minutes, no intermission

Tickets are available for $20 in advance, $23 at the door, and $35 for preferred seating (pay-what-you-can-available).

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Interpretation: Jacob Brindamour

Staging and puppets: South Miller

Set design and props: Sylvain Longpré

Music: Christian Laflamme
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A coproduction Nordland Visual Theatre (Stamsund, Norway)

Les Sages Fous propose a theatre of paradoxes: grotesque and poetic, ritual and mundane, domestic and marvelous. The company recreates a lost world where the mask, the puppet, the object, and the human coexist. A theatre where images and gestures speak more strongly than words. A theatre that is as surprising and disturbing as it is wild and undisciplined. 

For the past 20 years, the Sages Fous have been criss-crossing Europe from Portugal to Finland, from Norway to Romania. The company has presented its shows in the great contemporary puppet and street theater festivals of the continent, held in the major cities, provincial towns, and in most remote villages.

Les Sages Fous have performed in castles in Germany, barns in Normandy, villages lost in the mountains of Sardinia, mysterious gardens in Croatia, abandoned factories in Holland, in theatres half destroyed by war in Serbia, and above the arctic circle in the Lofoten Islands.

Les Sages Fous discovered something inspiring in Europe: the decentralization of theater festivals. Networks that encourage the presentation of shows that reach people where they live, bringing the artistic experience to all the populations of a region, not only to those in the big cities.

PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN POLICY

No one will be turned away for lack of funds; contact MSA at 207-879-4629 or info@mayostreetarts.org to take advantage of pay-what-you-can admission.

COVID-19 POLICY

Masking is optional for this performance.

CANCELLATION POLICY

Mayo Street Arts has a no-refund policy for all reservations. In the event that MSA is forced to cancel an event due to weather, illness, etc., refunds will be offered via the Ticket Tailor platform.

The event is made possible through sponsorship by Maine Studio Works and support from the Délégation du Québec à Boston, and Cyclemania.Hospitality is generously provided by The Francis Hotel.

Funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.