Tag Archives: Puppetry

Rouge 28 - Kwaidan

Rouge 28: Kwaidan

November 4th, 2015 by

‘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 […]

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Little Angel Youth Theatre - The Jabberwocky

Little Angel Youth Theatre: The Jabberwocky

November 4th, 2015 by

Despite 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 […]

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Theatre Tof - Dans lAtelier - Photo by Melisa Stein

Skipton Puppet Festival

October 7th, 2015 by

Skipton 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 […]

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My Darling Patricia - The Piper - Photo by Joshua Morris

My Darling Patricia: The Piper

August 15th, 2015 by

This 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 […]

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Trick of the Light - The Bookbinder

Trick of the Light: The Bookbinder

August 15th, 2015 by

A 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 […]

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