JOHN FARRELL, Artistic Director & Co-Founder, Figures of Speech Theatre

John Farrell is a poet and sculptor who found expression for those passions in the archaic and avant-garde world of the puppet theater, co-founding Figures of Speech Theatre with dancer/designer Carol Llewellyn in 1982. Known for groundbreaking work juxtaposing puppets, actors and other stage media, Figures of Speech also pursues an interest in the performance of literary text: John tours a solo recitation from memory of T.S. Eliot’s poetic masterpiece, Four Quartets. Most recently, John conceived and directed a theatrical setting of David Lang's the little match girl passion, for masked dancer, puppets and projections.