Minto Island Growers is excited to host String and Shadow, a professional, nation-wide touring group this summer. The performance will be on Tuesday, August 1st from 6:30 - 7:45 pm. The recommended admission fee at the door is $20 and goes directly to the group. Minto’s food and beverage service will be open, beginning at 5:30 pm and throughout the performance. We are hoping to get a great local turnout to support these creative performers and artists.

About String and Shadow! String and Shadow is a performance company based out of Olympia, Washington. Using paper-mache, cardboard, bamboo and cloth (among many other found & recycled materials) String and Shadow creates incredible giant puppets and masks and weaves them into spectacle performances for all ages.

About Ship of Fools! String & Shadow’s 2023 show is called “Ship of Fools: A Giant Puppet Odyssey.” In it, three mimes set sail from the Port of Styx across the mythical boundary waters connecting the world of the living to the underworld. Aboard a mysteriously sentient ship, they encounter a world of beautiful and strange creatures: hermit crabs carrying houses on their backs, a ghostly humpback whale, and much more. Under layers of colorful fabric and dancing cardboard, Ship of Fools deals with themes of loss and acceptance, depicting a wondrous unknown and speaking to the power of friendship and love. It is brought to life by 3 mimes, 3 musicians, and 6 puppeteers.

You can learn more about String and Shadow HERE.