Sweet Can Productions Stages 'MITTENS AND MISTLETOE' Cabaret Tonight

Savor the season with something a little sweet (but oh so good for you)! The Bay Area's homegrown Sweet Can Productions presents an intimate theatrical circus experience for the holidays with the seventh edition of MITTENS AND MISTLETOE: A WINTER CIRCUS CABARET, tonight, December 18-27, 2015 at the Dance Mission Theater.

This astonishing production, a charming, light-hearted, variety program suitable for all ages, features innovative clowning, spectacular circus feats, and holiday high jinks from some of the most talented Bay Area and international theatrical circus artists (Eulalie Blanc, Switzerland; Beth Clarke; Jamie Coventry; Natasha Kaluza; and Jeremy Vik) in an unforgettable program that will amaze, delight, and inspire the entire family.

MITTENS AND MISTLETOE, directed by award-winning clown duo Coventry & Kaluza, features live music from New Orleans-based harpist Luke Brechtelsbauer, comedy performances, and performances on slack rope, aerial hoop, hula hoop, and juggling. Jasper Patterson (son of Howard Jay Patterson, one of the founders of the legendary Flying Karamazov Brothers) emcee's this year's holiday revelry.

Additionally, for the first time ever, Sweet Can will host a late-night performance of MITTENS AND MISTLETOE for adults only!

Sweet Can presents this special holiday treat for 15 performances only.

IF YOU GO:

MITTENS AND MISTLETOE: A WINTER CIRCUS CABARET

WHEN: December 18-27, 2015

WHERE: Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th St. (at Mission)

SHOWS:

Friday, December 18, 8pm

Saturday, December 19, 8pm

Sunday, December 20, 2pm and 4pm

Tuesday, December 22, 2pm, 4pm

Wednesday, December 23, 2pm

Thursday, December 24, 2pm and 4pm

Friday, December 25, 2pm

Saturday, December 26, 2pm, 4pm, 10pm* (adults only performance)

Sunday, December 27, 2pm, 4pm

TICKETS: For tickets ($25 adults, $18 children and seniors), the public may call 415-225-7281 or visit brownpapertickets.com; for more information visit sweetcanproductions.com or sweetcaninfo@gmail.com.

The mission of Sweet Can Productions is to create intimate, heartfelt performances in which the audience and performer easily connect. Sweet Can presents the circus performer as a human being, and uses the performer's circus skills to make connections by demonstrating the shared emotional experiences that unite us all. Formed in 2006 at the San Francisco Circus Center by founding members Beth Clarke, Kerri Kresinski, and Daniela Steiner, Sweet Can was established with the artistic goal to bridge the gap between traditional circus and theater. Where most Bay Area circus performers were resigned to performing in night clubs, at corporate events, as incidental performers for major theatrical productions, or at non-professional community events, Sweet Can Productions wanted to allow for complete artistic expression, and embarked upon creating a production rooted in traditional circus, theater techniques, and improvisation, creating an intimate theatrical circus experience in which circus artists provide stage substance and not merely stage decoration.

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