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Dates:Sunday, March 29, 2015 - Sunday, March 29, 2015
Hours:3:00pm
Ages:Toddlers, Kids
In/Outdoor:Indoor
Cost:$ see below
Category:Theater & Shows

Two funny African folktales, 'Koi and the Kola Nuts' and 'Anansi and the Talking Melon', come to life with stunning puppetry, spectacular scenery, and wonderful music.

'Koi and the Kola Nuts' is a humorous tale from Liberia.

The youngest son of a chief is cheated out of his inheritance; instead of his father’s riches he receives just one small kola nut tree.

He sets off to make his fortune.

On his travels he meets a snake, a crocodile, and a colony of ants, all in desperate need of the one thing Koi has: kola nuts.

Koi helps the animals and leaves himself with nothing.

His kindness to the creatures he meets is rewarded when their help saves his life!

'Anansi and the Talking Melon' features the irrepressible trickster Anansi the Spider.

Anansi is lazy, greedy and out only for himself; in fact, he is the very opposite of Koi!

In “Anansi and the Talking Melon,” Anansi eats his way into Elephant’s melon and becomes too bloated to get back out!

The clever trickster convinces Elephant that he owns a talking melon, and he proudly shows everyone the miraculous fruit… until he takes it to the King and the melon won’t say a word.

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$12 Adults, $10 Members/Students/Seniors

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firehouse.org/L3-shows-family-AfricanAdventureTales_march2015.html

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Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950 map
Phone: 978-462-7336

•Take I-95 to Exit 57 (Newburyport)
•Take Route 113 east to Green Street
•Turn left on Green Street and take it to the end
•Turn right on Merrimac Street
•The Firehouse will be on your left; the address: One Market Square
•Parking is available in the waterfront lots on either side of the Firehouse

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