Cantastoria festival harkens back to the old days of storytelling June 22-26 at HERE
Here
145 Sixth Ave. at Dominick St.
June 22-26, $20 (festival 2-pass $30)
866-811-4111
www.here.org
The downtown venue HERE often highlights cutting-edge experimental theater and dance, but it is going back to the technology-free past with Banners & Cranks: A Cantastoria Festival. Curated by Theater Oobleck’s Dave Buchen and Bread & Puppet’s Clare Dolan, the series runs June 22 to 26, consisting of old-fashioned storytelling using home-made costumes, arts & crafts, puppets, and live music. Divided into such thematic sections as “Boom or Bust,” “Beggars & Choosers,” “Slap & Tickle,” “Phobia & Fetish,” and “Sink & Swim,” the lineup includes the Dolly Wagglers, Chinese Theatre Works, Ramshackle Enterprises, the Bros. Harrell, the Whiskey Spitters, Great Small Works, Possibilitarian Puppet & Mask Theater, Mouth of the Wolf, and other individuals and companies. Tickets for all shows are $20, but if you use the discount code CRANKY15 they’re only $15 for a limited time.