Thistle Theatre offers the most affordable, professional theatre experience to families in the Puget Sound area. If you haven’t visited one of our three locations yet, join the thousands of families that have enjoyed our performances. Make this the year you introduce your family and friends to this traditional style of Japanese puppetry.

Thistle Theatre is the only puppet theatre in the NW specializing in the Bunraku-style of puppetry. We are at the forefront of evolving and exploring this increasingly popular Japanese style of puppetry. Our own hand-crafted puppets are brought to life by puppeteers dressed in black, operating the puppets from behind for realistic movement. The puppets, props and scenery are designed and created by Thistle Theatre artists. Our productions are carefully crafted to have layers of action and language to please audiences of all ages, each performed by a team of professional actor/puppeteers with excellent character and singing voices. This season each 45 minute play is appropriate for ages 3 and up.

• Remind your child’s school about our weekday school shows and workshops.
• Celebrate birthdays at one of our shows or enjoy a birthday show in your home.
• Thistle Theatre’s Children’s Ticket Subsidy Fund continues to give discounted or free tickets to low-income children and families.

We invite you to add a donation to your ticket order this season to support our effort to bring quality puppet theatre to children in need. Through Thistle Theatre's Children's Ticket Subsidy Fund we are able to give discounted or free tickets to low-income children and families at all three of our locations. We invite you to add a donation to your ticket order this season to support our effort to bring quality puppet theatre to children in need.

We sincerely thank our corporate donors 4Culture - King County Lodging Tax, The Seattle Foundation, Allied Arts Foundation and our generous individual donors for their support.

Together with the Thistle Theatre Board, artists and puppeteers I look forward to you joining us for a magical season of puppet theatre.

Jean Enticknap - Artistic Director

Announcing our 2010 -2011 Season

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Little Red Riding Hood - Germany

The Gingerbread Boy - Candyland

Brother Coyote and Sister Fox - Mexico

Momotaro the Peach Boy – Japan

Quest for Planet X
(the space musical)
– Earth, Moon and Outer Space

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Attention Teachers!
Tickets $6 per child/chaperone - teacher free!
Book 2 shows for  $5.50 per person per show
Book 3 or 4 shows  $5.00 per person per show

SPECIAL PERFORMANCE
of The Tale of Two Bad Mice
at Puppet-O-Rama
August 1 at 4:00 pm

Location:
Seattle University
Lee Center for the Arts (Capitol Hill)
901 12th Ave Seattle, Washington 98122

Ticket’s:
Children $8 and Adult $10.
Available through Brown Paper Ticket only
No one under age three admitted

Thistle Theatre has been invited to perform The Tale of Two Bad Mice at Puppet-O-Rama, the Northwest Regional Puppet Festival. Young Beatrix Potter persuades her governess to join her in re-enacting the day the mice came to be called two bad mice. On a search for food, the mice Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca find Beatrix’s doll house and are driven to outrageous behavior when they learn the delicious looking food is made of inedible plaster! This production, with puppets designed by Tony DeFilipps, is funded in part by the Jim Henson Foundation, Allied Arts Foundation and 4Culture. Actor/Puppeteers Bride Schroeder-LaPlatney and Caroline Socha bring the story to life adapted and directed by Jean Enticknap.

Performance Schedule and Ticket Information.

Seattle University
Lee Center for the Arts (Capitol Hill)
901 12th Ave Seattle, Washington 98122

August 1 at 4:00 pm

Tickets Prices: TBA

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Germany Little Red Riding Hood goes to Grandmutter’s house with a basket of goodies and stumbles into an armful of adventure. This very funny version of the classic tale is set in Bavaria and includes an interactive song in which children are invited to sing and operate puppets with Little Red Riding Hood. Pre-K to grade 3 WA State Reading GLE 2.3.1 - Compare and contrast literary text elements between different stories. Family Show Times: TICKETS: $7.00 child/senior, $9.00 adult       Bellevue Youth Theater: 16661 Northup Way Bellevue, WA 98008 Oct 9 & 10 at 2:00pm and 4:00pm       Magnuson Park Theatre: Theatre Building #47 7110 62nd Ave NE, Seattle WA 98115 Oct. 16 & 17 at 1:00pm & 3:00pm       Sunset Hill: Sunset Hill Community Club 3003 NW 66th Street, Seattle Oct. 22 at 7:30pm Oct. 23 & 24 at 1:00pm & 3:00pm     School Show Times: TICKETS: Student Price: $6.00       Bellevue Youth Theater: 16661 Northup Way Bellevue, WA 98008 Oct 6 10:30 only Oct 7 at 10:30am and 12:30pm       Magnuson Park Theatre: Theatre Building #47 7110 62nd Ave NE, Seattle WA 98115 Oct. 13, 14 & 15 at 10:30am & 12:30pm       Sunset Hill: Sunset Hill Community Club 3003 NW 66th Street, Seattle Oct. 20 & 22 at 10:30am & 12:30pm

Let Thistle Theatre star at your Fundraiser!
Bring the Thistle Theatre production to your school, community center, auction or fundraiser at a discounted price. We will provide the production at a flat fee and all you have to do is sell tickets to your event! Combine with an auction, family fun night, spaghetti feed, ice cream social or simple bake sale.

We can give your child a Birthday he or she will not soon forget!
"Mrs. Periwinkle and Possum"
Mrs. Periwinkle takes the children on an adventure featuring Possum, King Froggy Wartingham III, and a Wishing Well. Soft, charming puppets and a craft activity (childen make a paper dragonfly puppet) create a memorable birthday party. Click here for more information.

Ages 3 and up

"Captain Crashland in Space"
Captain Crashland is a Hero for Hire. He and his alien puppet friend Griffle and the party children go on an interplanetary adventure to retrieve the Name Sphere that was stolen by the Reptile King. The Sphere holds the name of the new King or Queen of Korzul…a tiny planet.

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Ages 3 and up

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