Jan 31—Feb 09, 2025
Life & Times of Michael K
A Baxter Theatre Centre and Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus Production / from South Africa
Get TicketsIntricate marionettes come alive to depict the trials and tribulations faced by Michael K and his mother as they seek to escape political turmoil.
The Booker Prize-winning Life & Times of Michael K, written by J.M Coetzee, is a stunning novel depicting the arduous personal struggles that accompanies from intense political conflict. South Africa’s Baxter Theater and Handspring Puppet Company’s inventive, poignant adaptation of this seminal book has won plaudits across Europe in New York, and now it’s coming to Boston
The hauntingly beautiful story follows Michael K, a simple man who embarks on a journey through South Africa, ravaged by civil war, to return his mother to die on the farm where she was born. He finds strength in his own humanity, his profound connection to the earth, and his unique path, which, as it unfolds, reveals to him his reason for living.
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Venue
Emerson Paramount Center, Robert J. Orchard Stage
559 Washington Street Boston, MA 02111
“A MARVEL TO BEHOLD. A Radical Artistic Gesture. Captivating and Transportive.”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES CRITIC'S PICK
“Extraordinary… dreamlike quality… beautiful… and yearning for purpose”
— THE NEW YORKER
“Everything that theater should be.”
— THE DAILY BEAST