Little Cauliflower’s The Night of the Big Wind is a charming puppet show about a small boy who lives with his father, a fisherman in a small village, and the night that their little community is beset by a great storm. The puppeteers sing and play their way through this simple tale, told with tabletop puppets, plenty […]

From the opening sequence of Street Dreams it’s clear that this is puppetry with conviction. Fluffy white bags (birds, clouds, kites, ra-ra skirts?) fly rapidly across the stage. The same energy is felt when banana skins buzz into action. In contrast, the story of Street Dreams is meandering. A gentleman puppet with a gently quizzical expression wanders through a […]