‘Hello? Is anybody home?’ says the woman as she enters the space, furnished with 1970s dresser, television set, and table. A large dark mirror above the dresser, and wardrobe doors, are significant hints of secrets to be revealed, and a screened area turns out to be a small bedroom, with Japanese paper screens behind. Immediately […]
Tag Archives: Puppetry


Little Angel Youth Theatre: The Jabberwocky
November 4th, 2015 by Darren EastDespite being a show performed by young people, this is a production presented within the main programme of the SUSPENSE adult puppetry festival and is in a sense a triple-distilled piece of theatre. It has been inspired by Steve Tiplady’s production for the Little Angel last year, but this itself was already a radical reworking […]

Skipton Puppet Festival
October 7th, 2015 by Edward TaylorSkipton Puppet Festival is a biannual affair run by the resourceful Lempen Puppet Company. Resourceful because over the three days the festival runs they manage to give the audience the full range of puppetry (for young and old, indoors and outdoors, national and international) in a town which isn’t blessed with obvious venues. The street programme featured S.A. Marionetas […]

My Darling Patricia: The Piper
August 15th, 2015 by Adam BennettThis performance by interdisciplinary Australian company, My Darling Patricia, relies upon the help of a hand-chosen group of audience members to wear headphones and follow instructions and to play parts of the stage action. This is a great concept which allows the children in this version of the classic Pied Piper story to actually be […]

Trick of the Light: The Bookbinder
August 15th, 2015 by Adam BennettA man lies asleep on a table surrounded by books, lit by an anglepoise lamp and some other old fashioned domestic lamps. A vintage record player is scratching out a tune. When the record runs out, the man startles awake complaining about the player being ‘newfangled technology’, and the show begins. What ensues is a […]