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Bread & Puppet Theater

LXCL:No one turned away for lack of funds. We mean it! If cost is a barrier to you, please email tickets@breadandpuppet.org. Seating note: This is an outdoor show. You are welcome to bring a blanket or chair.

General Admission

LXCL:Please note that our shows are not specifically designed for children. We speak on heavy topics and tell parents that if they would allow their children to read a newspaper, the show will be fine for them.

Kids under 12

The Bread &amp; Puppet Circus is coming to Memphis, TN! Join us for The Upside Down Circus! &ldquo;Is it or is it not? &nbsp;Am I asleep or am I awake? &nbsp;Am I a cockroach or am I a me? &nbsp;Possibilitarians! We must demonstrate humanity&rsquo;s upside-down situation in the face of the government&rsquo;s depraved falsehoods. Luxury silence and despair must be replaced by revolt orchestras that radically oppose the radically wrong system. It is time to unforget the revolution-in-progress and aim for the evermore on the universe&rsquo;s shore.&rdquo; The one and only Bread &amp; Puppet Circus is back to confront our upside-down situation! With stilt dancers, paper mach&eacute; beasts of all sizes, and a riotous brass band, The Upside Down World Circus is an urgent spectacle of protest and celebration. After each show Bread &amp; Puppet will serve its famous sourdough rye bread with aioli, and &ldquo;Cheap Art&rdquo; &ndash; books, posters, postcards, pamphlets and banners from the Bread &amp; Puppet Press &ndash; will be for sale. Learn more at <a fr-original-style="" href="https://breadandpuppet.org/tour" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">breadandpuppet.org/tour</a>

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The Bread &amp; Puppet Circus is coming to Memphis, TN! Join us for The Upside Down Circus! “Is it or is it not?  Am I asleep or am I awake?  Am I a cockroach or am I a me?  Possibilitarians! We must demonstrate humanity’s upside-down situation in the face of the government’s depraved falsehoods. Luxury silence and despair must be replaced by revolt orchestras that radically oppose the radically wrong system. It is time to unforget the revolution-in-progress and aim for the evermore on the universe’s shore.” The one and only Bread &amp; Puppet Circus is back to confront our upside-down situation! With stilt dancers, paper maché beasts of all sizes, and a riotous brass band, The Upside Down World Circus is an urgent spectacle of protest and celebration. After each show Bread &amp; Puppet will serve its famous sourdough rye bread with aioli, and “Cheap Art” – books, posters, postcards, pamphlets and banners from the Bread &amp; Puppet Press – will be for sale. Learn more at <a href="https://breadandpuppet.org/tour" target="_blank">breadandpuppet.org/tour</a>

Bread & Puppet Theater

B&P in Memphis, TN Fall 2026: The Upside Down World Circus

360 Walnut St

General Admission

$20

Kids under 12

Free

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