CANNONBALL 2023 MAINSTAGE SHOWS
DID YOU KNOW: You can filter the Philadelphia Fringe events to easily see all Cannonball shows in a specific date range by navigating to THIS LINK that filters all Cannonball shows. Then, select “When” and highlight the date or date range you’re interested in seeing the line up for. Scroll for all the CB show information and tickets! Other filters such as genre are available at the link above as well.
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Browse all of our shows below!
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Shows by Vibe
Bird on a Wire
Esther de Monteflores
September 9 + 10
Liberty Lands
A whimsical blend of circus and puppetry, delivering astonishing wire-walking, absurd humor, and an unlikely duet to charm audiences of all ages.
BUG-BORO
My Mother Once Read
September 10 - 24
Liberty Lands
Come visit the buzziest, busiest bug colony this side of the Schuylkill, and meet the big personalities of our tiny community. An immersive off the rails experience that will give children the power to walk through the town as they see fit.
Cirque Us Stories
Cirque Us
September 8 - September 10
Icebox Project Space
A circus filled adventure that will jump off the pages! Join us for high-flying fun.
Clown in the Round
Id Circo Theatre Group
September 10 - 29
Liberty Lands
Four clowns fool their way through some Shakespeare full of popcorn & sound effects for a radical participatory take on the Bard.
Faire Play
Crys Clemente
September 10 - 24
Liberty Lands
This sometimes silly, sometimes poignant, faux-Renaissance Faire performance that confronts and makes room for what it means to be a queer, Asian American performer in a medieval fantasy world.
Falling Up
The Naked Stark
September 2 - 14
Icebox Project Space
A celebration of play, possibility, and the tenderness of being human. Six dance artists displace gravity to co-create new worlds with fantastical possibilities.
Half Magic
Joseph Ahmed
September 1 - 23
Fidget Space
A hilarious, heartfelt, magical journey into what it means to be mixed race, to search for community, and to hold the things we love with care and criticality.
Magic Trash Day: Down in the Dumps
co-directed by Dylan Smythe and Lillian Ransijn of Rough & Tumble Productions
September 9 - 17
Liberty Lands
An interactive performance created for and with Philadelphia youth focused on differentiation and acceptance of difficult emotions, such as grief, loss, and longing.
Memories of the moon
Yuki Ishiguro
September 3 + September 10
Icebox Project Space
Yuki's newest work is inspired by the diary of a prisoner in a Japanese internment camp during WWII.
Read Me A World
The Exuberance
September 9 - 30
Liberty Lands
A collection of interactive activities and artist-designed, temporary outdoor reading nook installations that inspire the intimate, connective joy of reading aloud with loved ones.
Sing the Rainbow: a Pride Show for Everyone
Ants on a Log
September 8 - 30
Liberty Lands
Oh no! All the colors disappeared from the Pride Rainbow! Will you help us find them? Along the way, we'll encounter queer joy, self-expression, allyship, community, and our good friend Terry the Nonbinary Canary.
Socrates, an odyssey
Eliana Fabiyi
September 22 - 30
Liberty Lands
An epic odyssey of a little sock in a big house, braving mythic monsters, uncharted lands, and terrifying pets, all to be reunited with their other half.
The Bad Pirate Rock Show
Jonah Godfrey and Friends
September 8 - 30
Liberty Lands
This is a pirate-y show about pirates! Specifically, one young pirate who realizes they want to pirate in their own pirate-y way.
The Rebellion: Modern Warfare
Rebel Arts
September 15 - 23
Liberty Lands
A circus performance highlighting the dangerous social issues that are impacting the Black community.
Transhumance
Butch Mermaid Productions
September 25
MAAS Building Garden
A surreal journey across the landscape of gender in search of a place to call home.