Midwinter Revels: The Selkie Girl and the Seal Woman

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Dates:	Friday, December 13, 2024 - Saturday, December 28, 2024
Hours:	Hours Vary see below
Ages:	Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	$$$ see below
Category:	Theater & Shows

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Midwinter Revels: The Selkie Girl and the Seal Woman
A Celtic and Cabo Verdean Celebration of the Solstice

In a small fishing village off the shores of Galway Bay, a community gathers in the local pub to celebrate the season. A child enters looking for a package that may have been delivered for his mother, who comes from another coastal town – in Cabo Verde.

Songs and dances are shared, and the pub dissolves into a portal for fantasy with a transformative retelling of the Selkie story, a Celtic myth about living between two worlds.

Irish songs, jigs, and reels share the stage with dance, drumming, and traditional songs from Cabo Verde. In the Revels tradition, new community is catalyzed, and with it hopes for a new year.

The performance length is about 2.5 hours, including intermission.

A holiday tradition for nearly five decades, The Christmas Revels is a joyful theatrical celebration of the winter solstice that travels the world each year showcasing cultural traditions including music, dance, folktales and rituals.

The Christmas Revels performance lasts about 2.5 hours.

Find more December Events in Boston in our holiday event guide.

HOURS

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Friday, December 13 – 7:00 PM
Saturday, December 14 – 3:00 PM
Sunday, December 15 – 1:00 PM
Sunday, December 15 – 5:30 PM
Thursday, December 19 – 7:00 PM
Friday, December 20 – 3:00 PM
Saturday, December 21 – 3:00 PM
Saturday, December 21 – 7:00 PM
Sunday, December 22 – 1:00 PM
Sunday, December 22 – 5:30 PM
Monday, December 23 – 3:00 PM
Thursday, December 26 – 1:00 PM
Thursday, December 26 – 5:30 PM
Friday, December 27 – 3:00 PM
Saturday, December 28 – 1:00 PM

COST

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$45 – 105 / Ticket

WEBSITE

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revels.org/event/midwinter-revels/

LOCATION

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45 Quincy Street,, Cambridge, MA map
Phone: (617) 496-2222

Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre in Memorial Hall.
45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA
FREE PARKING at the Broadway Garage

REVIEWS

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Inclusive Mish-mash Of Cultures

On December 12, 2009 the showing at 3 PM was amusing after several decades of not going. As a child memories were quite different and much more Northern European with the old familiars from the second half of the Christmas Revels. Still though there was that sense of community through the rough and tumble. The group has gotten larger though it seems the audience has become more select. I remember looking up as a child, but now as an adult I am looking down from the Balcony and bringing all sorts of other experience to the tried and true. I still found it quite amusing, though not what I expected. This is defintitely for those with hearts of children. Heart warming and down-to-earth I find my soul resounding in the new generation of faces in this place, that once was my playground, now the beat turns to an attentive diverse crowd as is the stage players.