Shows for Adult Audiences

Puppetmongers’ repertoire of shows recommended for audiences aged 14+.

In-Person Shows Available

Brick Bros. Circus

This inventive play delights audiences of all ages, bringing the world of play, creativity and performance to life, brick by brick by brick. Guaranteed to stimulate imaginations and spark creative

Performed with delicately carved rod marionettes, delightful visual effects and traditional Persian music, this retelling of a Near-Eastern folk tale is puppet theatre for older audiences. The Puppetmongers introduce a

Terror

A site-specific staging of The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe, in which Roderick Usher entombs his still living sister, Madeline, in the vault of their

The Ballad of Tamlin

(Retired from repertoire.) A story about coming of age in the time of Faeries. Tamlin is an ancient story from Scotland, kept alive in the sung oral tradition and written

Monger Memories

This short work takes siblings Ann and David back to some of their earliest memories, during their dad’s British army posting to Hong Kong in the mid-1950’s. Using old family

Pirate Widow Cheng

This production, set in early 19th century China, explores the true story of Shih Yang and her rise from prostitution to her command of one of China’s most ruthless pirate combines.

Hard Times

We take one of the classics of Dickensian literature and flip everything on its head, including the audience. Hard Times shows us a world in which supply and demand govern