Descent Into Madness: Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot and Other Cautionary Music

Brightwork newmusic & Stacey Fraser
Music Style: Contemporary Classical

7:15PM Pre-Show Discussion
Join us before the show for a discussion with Jack Van Zandt who studied with Maxwell Davies and is an expert on his work.
An edgy staging of Peter Maxwell Davies’ devilishly difficult ensemble “Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot”. With new compositions by Veronika Krausas, Jason Barabba, and Somei Satoh.

Octopus’s Garden

NOW-April 5, 2026

by Weston Gaylord
directed by Jessica Kubzansky

A surreal, soulful comedy about two scientists, a composer, and an octopus who writes the greatest music ever heard.

BUY TICKETS

Anthony Fung

APR 11, 8PM

2026 SEASON
Music Style: Jazz

Drummer Anthony Fung brings his boundary-pushing quartet to Boston Court Pasadena for an evening of dynamic, deeply expressive jazz.

BUY TICKETS

Explore

Octopus’...
NOW-April 5, 2026

Anthony Fung
APR 11, 8PM

Colburn Concer...
APR 16, 8PM

Delirium Music...
APR 18, 8PM

NT Live: Mrs. ...
APR 19 & MAY 24

Helix Collecti...
APR 25 & 26

Mark Robson: P...
MAY 1, 8PM

Pianist Mark R...
MAY 2, 8PM

NPRF26: The La...
MAY 14, 7:30PM

NPRF25: Agape
MAY 16, 2PM

Close ×

Colburn Concerts: Trio Aeris

APR 16, 8PM

2026 SEASON
Music Style: Classical

Up-and-coming Colburn School musicians create a stunning evening with flute, clarinet, and piano.

BUY TICKETS

Delirium Musicum: MusiKaravan

APR 18, 8PM

2026 SEASON
Music Style: New Music

MusiKaravan (Etienne Gara, YuEun Kim, and Stella Cho) channel the delirious energy of Delirium Musicum into an intimate musical adventure.

BUY TICKETS

NT Live: Mrs. Warren’s Profession

APR 19 & MAY 24

Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the very first time, playing mother and daughter in Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic.

BUY TICKETS

Helix Collective’s Dooby Dooby Moo

APR 25 & 26

Family Music Programming

Come meet musicians, explore instruments, and hear Dooby Dooby Moo come to life!

Tickets

Mark Robson: Portrait of the Artist

MAY 1, 8PM

2026 SEASON
Music Style: New Music

Mark Robson performs an evening of original compositions as a portrait of the artist.

BUY TICKETS

Pianist Mark Robson Celebrates Bach

MAY 2, 8PM

2026 SEASON
Music Style: Classical

Acclaimed pianist Mark Robson invites you to celebrate three cherished keyboard works by J. S. Bach.

BUY TICKETS

NPRF26: The Labours

MAY 14, 7:30PM

In The Labours, celebrated playwright Luis Alfaro—known for his powerful adaptations of Greek classics through a contemporary Latinx lens—returns with a bold reimagining of Euripides’ Herakles.

BUY TICKETS

NPRF25: Agape

MAY 16, 2PM

A moving, profoundly funny coming-of-age story about the stress of college, crises of faith, arrested development, and reckoning with not having all the answers.

BUY TICKETS