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AFTER GUILD EVENTS PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO OTHER INFORMATION: PUPPETRY SHOWS (ENGLAND COUNTY BY COUNTY IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, THEN SCOTLAND, NORTHERN IRELAND & WALES. THEN COMES EXHIBITIONS, TRAINING & WORKSHOPS IN A SIMILAR ORDER). IF YOU WISH TO HAVE AN EVENT INCLUDED PLEASE EMAIL peter@peterpuppet.co.uk.
UP-DATED October 13th 2018
GUILD EVENTS.
November 10th: Special General Meeting, 10.30 am at The Puppet Place, Unit 18, Albion Dockside Estate, Hanover Place, Bristol BS1 6UT.
January 13, 12 noon, New Year Lunch at Rothley Court Hotel, Westfield Lane, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7LG
FESTIVAL OF FILM & TELEVISION PUPPETRY: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire: postponed until 2019. Watch this space.
OTHER EVENTS
CUMBRIA
PENRITH
Upfront Puppet Theatre
(01768 484538)
December 7 – 21, 10 am & 1 pm
Resident company:
“The Snow Queen”
(all the family)
HERTFORDSHIRE
ST. ALBANS
Sandpit Theatre
(01727 799565)
July 30, 2.30 pm
Theatrerotto Productions:
“The Walrus & the Carpenter”
LANCASHIRE
ROSSENDALE
Boo Theatre
(01706 220241)
phone for details
LONDON
BRENTFORD
Watermans
(020 8232 1010)
October 24 – 26, 11 am & 3 pm
Cie Animation:
“The Musicians of Bremen”
(3-10)
December 8 – 30 (times vary, phone Box Office for details)
Lyngo Theatre:
“Heart of Winter”
(3-8)
CLAPHAM
Café Cairo
(020 72070926)
October 19, from 6 pm
Café Cairo:
“Bizarre Bazaar”
(adults only)
FINCHLEY ROAD
JW3
(020 7433 8988)
until December 15 (Wednesdays only)
Lori Hopkins:
“Puppet Tales”
ISLINGTON
Little Angel Theatre
(020 7226 1787)
times of performance vary – phone Box Office for details
until November 11
Resident company:
“The Everywhere Bear”
(3-8)
until October 21
Resident company:
“The Adventures of Curious Ganz”
(7-adult)
October 12 – 14 (Studio)
Sanscruti Dance:
“Apple ‘n Spice”
(3-8)
October 20 – 21 (Studio)
Stewart Melton:
“Phoenix and Turtle”
(4-8)
October 22 – 24 (Studio)
House of Stray Cats:
“Invisible Me”
(5-11)
October 25 – 28 (Studio)
Goblin Theatre:
“Hey Diddle Diddle”
(3-8)
November 16 – December 24 (Studio)
Resident company:
“Finding Santa”
(3-8)
November 22 – December 30
Resident company:
“Angelo”
(5-11)
December 7 – January 27
Resident company:
“Wow! It’s Night-time”
(2-5)
January 2-6 (Studio)
Skewbald Theatre:
“Mimi and the Mountain Dragon”
(4-8)
January 9-27 (Studio)
Resident company:
“The Singing Mermaid”
(3-8)
January 30 – February 3 (Studio)
Page One Theatre:
“Rise and Fall”
(3-6)
February 6 – 10 (Studio)
Tessa Bide Productions:
“The Selfish Giant”
(3-8)
KEW
Kew Gardens (Temperate House)
(20716461960)
October 20 – 28, 11 am, 12 noon, 1.30 pm, 2.30 pm, 3.30 pm
Theatre-Rites:
“Siyander, protector of Plants”
LITTLE VENICE
The Puppet Theatre Barge
(020 7249 6876)
October 20 – 28, 3 pm (plus 11 am on Thursday, Friday and Saturday)
Every weekend until November 18, 11 am & 3 pm
Movingstage Marionettes:
“The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse”
(3-8)
December 1, 8, 15, 22, 23, 11 am & 3 pm
December 2, 9, 27 – 31, 3 pm
December 16, 2 pm
Movingstage Marionettes:
“Mr Rabbit meets Brer Santa”
(3+)
SOUTH BANK
National Theatre (Lyttleton)
(020 7452 3000)
November 8 – January 5, 7.30 pm + matinees on various days but times vary, phone Box Office for details.
“War Horse”
the great puppet production returns for a short stay.
South Bank Centre
(020 3879 9555)
December 19 – January 5, 7.30 pm (+ some 3 pm matinees)
Circus 1903
circus skills + amazing performing elephants – don’t be alarmed, they are giant puppets!
SOUTH KENSINGTON
Natural History Museum (Jerwood Gallery)
(0844 815 7141)
until December 30 (no performance on Mondays)
Tuesday – Saturday 7.30 pm with 2.30 matinees on Thursdays and Saturdays,
Sundays at 2.30 pm
Trish Wadley Productions/Dead Puppet Society
“The Wider Earth”
Amazing puppets !
SOUTHWARK
The Goodlife Centre
(020 7760 7613)
Festival of Toy Theatre (see also workshops)
October 18, 6.30 pm
Robert Poulter:
“Mr Turner gets steamed up”
toy theatre and the world of art
November 1, 6.30 pm
Sarah Peasgood:
“Popular Music Hall Turns” & “The Princess & the Pea”
November 8, 6.30 pm
Philip Dalziel & Debby Brown:
“Mary, the Maid of the Inn”
WATERLOO
The Old Vic
(0844 871 7628)
until November 10
Wise Children/Emma Rice:
“Wise Children”
with puppets by Lyndie Wright
WIMBLEDON
The Polka Theatre
October 19-21
Adventure Theatre:
“Three little Pigs”
(3-7)
October 24-28
Adventure Theatre:
“The Gingerbread Man”
(3+)
October 25
“The Spooky Shadow Puppet Show”
(8-14)
NORFOLK
NORWICH
Norwich Puppet Theatre
(01603 629 921)
October 20, 11 am
Theatre of Widdershins:
“Snow White, Rose Red and Bear Brown”
(4+)
October 25, 2.30 pm & 7 pm
Puppet State Theatre:
“The Man who planted trees”
(7+)
October 27, 11 am & 2.30 pm
Dotted Line Theatre & Polyglot Arts:
“Stories on a string”
(6+)
November 17, 11 am & 2.30 pm
String Theatre:
“The Water Babies”
(3+)
November 22 -24, 9 pm
Twice Shy Theatre:
“Lucid”
(18+)
December 20 – 24, (times vary, phone box office for details)
Banyan Theatre & Polka Theatre:
“The Princess and the Pea”
(3+)
December 26 – 30
Norwich Puppet Theatre & Rene Baker Puppetry:
“The Frog and the Princess”
SUFFOLK
STOWMARKET
Museum of East Anglian Life
(01449 618222)
October 20, 11.30 am & 2.30 pm
Nutmeg Puppet Company:
“Apple Pip”
(all the family)
TYNE & WEAR
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
NEWCASTLE PUPPET FESTIVAL (MOVING PARTS) 2018
October 29 – November
see www.newcastlepuppetryfestival.co.uk
SCOTLAND
GLASGOW
Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre
(0141 339 6185)
October 13 – 20
Magipup Festival: shows and workshops with magic and puppets
October 13/14, 2 pm
Drew Colby:
“My shadow and me”
October 15, 10.30 am. 2 pm and 7 pm
Drew Colby:
“My shadow and me”
October 17, 2 pm
Scott Lovat:
“That’s the way to do it” – magic and Punch & Judy
October 18, 10 am, 11 am, 1 pm & 2 pm
Sokobauno:
“The Pied Piper of Hamelin”
November 10, 2 pm
Clydebuilt Puppets:
“Jack & Billy”
November 17, 2 pm
Sokobauno:
“Galoshins”
November 24, 2 pm
Talking Heads Puppets:
“I spy with PC Mackay”
December 1, 2 pm
Pavla’s Puppets:
“The Snow Child”
December 8, 2 pm
Magic Den:
“The Magic of Christmas” (with Grumps the Christmas Puppet)
December 21, 7 pm
Theatre Presto:
“The Nutcracker (may contain nuts)”
WALES
RHOS-ON-SEA
The Harlequin Marionette Theatre
(01492 548166)
October 22 – November 3, 3 pm
“The Princess and the Gooseberry Mandarin”
a marionette play
EXHIBITIONS
HAMPSHIRE
Hastings Museum (01424 451052)
Small permanent exhibition of puppets from Hastings Puppet Theatre including Professor Day’s Variety Pie Marionettes. Full set of Punch & Judy puppets and marionettes which include pianist, Joey, Scaramouch, acrobat). Puppeteers were Professor Day (1860 – 1939) and John Alston (until 1953) Free Admission
NYEWOOD: ˜Barley”, Ramshackles, Nyewood, near Petersfield, Hampshire, GU31 5JA. Ventriloquists Club of Great Britain: Exhibition of vent figures, puppets & associated memorabilia. Every Friday 2 pm-4 pm
KENT
DEAL
Kent Museum of the Moving Image
(01304 239515)
www.kentmomi.org
includes shadow puppetry
LONDON
Pollocks Toy Museum 1 Scala Street, W1
(020 7635 3452)
10 am – 5 pm Mon – Sat
SOMERSET
WELLINGTON
Waterslade Studios
(studios @ forkbeardfantasy.co.uk)
Inter-active puppetry exhibition
SUSSEX
BRIGHTON
Brighton Museum
(0300 029 0900)
Excellent collection of puppets, well displayed.
Tues – Sun 10 am – 5 pm
Brighton Toy & Model Museum
(01273 749 494)
small collection of puppets – but well worth a visit.
Tues – Frid 10 am – 5 pm Sat 11 am – 5 pm
SCOTLAND
BIGGAR
The Biggar Puppet Theatre
(01899 220631)
Exhibition of puppetry, including Victorian marionettes. Open daily.
GLASGOW
The Scottish Mask & Puppet Theatre Centre 8-10 Balcarres Avenue, Kelvindale,G12
(0141 339 6185)
October 15, 3 pm
Shadowgraph Workshop (follows Drew Colby’s show)
October 19, 10.30 am
Funky Masks workshop with Malcolm Knight
October 27, 10 am
The Great Hallowe’en Witches and Wizards Puppet Making Workshop
December 8, 10 am
The Great Christmas Puppet Making Workshop
TRAINING
LONDON
Curious School of Puppetry (020 7689 3615)
www.curiouspuppetry.com
UK’s newest puppetry training school is led by Sarah Wright, Rene Baker, Toby Olie and Lyndie Wright. The aims of the school are: To develop and encourage the emergence of talent in British puppetry, to provide expert hands-on training for theatre-makers and performers, to build links between existing professionals and developing artists.
They are currently in Scotland. See website for details.
SWISS COTTAGE
Central School of Speech and Drama.
BA course in puppetry and MA course in Advanced Theatre Practice (with a focus on puppetry). Details from www.cssd.ac.uk.
LONDON SCHOOL OF PUPPETRY (01756 753495/ 073597357/01453 833293)
Courses in shadow puppetry, marionettes, rods, hand or glove puppetry. A new Diploma course, to run on various Saturdays throughout the year. Marionette carving, choreography, living room theatre, cross arts performances, special needs work. Accredited by Middlesex University. www.londonschoolofpuppetry.com
NORFOLK
TELEVISION PUPPETRY
Weekend course in Norfolk learning the art of television puppetry in a real TV set, using television hand puppets. Courses arranged on request: Ian Allen, Playboard Puppets 020 7226 5911/01379 674353
SUSSEX
SUCCESSFUL PUNCH AND JUDY
Tuition by Glyn Edwards 31 Connell Drive, Brighton, Sussex, BN2 6RT. 01273 308174, email: glyn@punch-and-judy.com website: www.punch-and-judy.com. Tailor-made tuition based on Glyn’s book of the same name. Call to discuss your needs
WALES
MARIONETTE MANIPULATION
Tuition by Christopher Somerville 01492 548166. Tailor-made tuition for singles, couples or groups. All enquiries Email: chris@punchandjudy.com
WORKSHOPS
LONDON
ISLINGTON
Little Angel Theatre
(020 7226 1787)
November `10/11, 10 am – 5 pm
Contemporary Puppetry Performance
led by Margarita Blush
(adults)
Tiny Tots workshop (4 months to 3 years)
until November 29 (Thursdays) 10.30 am – 11.30 am
January 17 – March 28
Saturday Puppet Club (8-11)
until December 1, 9.45 – 11 am
January 19 – March 30
Youth Theatre (11-18)
until November 28, (Wednesdays) 6 – 8 pm
January 16 – March 13
Spectrum Youth Theatre (11-18)
until December 1 (Saturdays) 2-4 pm
January 19 – March 16
+ production week March 18 – 24
Adult Courses
Puppetry Foundation Course
until November 27 (Tuesdays) 7.30 – 8.30 pm
January 15 – March 26,
Designing and making a theatre for one
January 17 – March 28 (Thursdays) 7.30 pm – 9.30 pm
SOUTHWARK
The Goodlife Centre
(020 7760 7613)
October 11 – November 1 (Thursdays only), 630 pm
Toy Theatre workshops: basic techniques, lighting etc. (plus a performance).
NORFOLK
NORWICH
Norwich Puppet Theatre
(01603 629 921)
October 15, 10 am
Little Tots workshop “Creative Play – Bubbleland”
(1.5 – 5)
October 19, 10.30 am
Puppet making workshop – “Snappy Monsters”
(5+)
October 20, 1 pm
workshop after Theatre of Widdershshins 11 am performance
“Woodland Tales”
October 22-23, 10.30 am
“MonsterMation – a film animation workshop
(9-16)
October 24, 10.30 am
Puppet making workshop “Creepy Crawlies”
(5+)
October 25, 10.30 am
Magical Folk
(5+)
October 26, 10.30 am
Hallowe’en Characters
(5+)
October 27, 10.30 am
Family Workshop “The Day of the Dead”
(3 – adult)
November 5, 10.30 am
Little Tots Puppet making – “Fizz, Bang, Puppets”
(2-5)
12.30 pm
Diwali: Shadow puppets for the Hindu story of Rama and Sila
November 18, 10 am
Marionette Manipulation led by Sophie Rimington
(18+)
November 19, 10 am
Little Tots creative play – Lighting up the dark
(1.5 – 5)
November 25, 1.30 pm
Behind the Factory of broken dreams – a behind the scenes look at Hocus Pocus Theatre’s immersive show
(18+)
November 30, 10 am
Bringing puppets and objects to life, led by Rene Baker
(18+)
December 3, 10 am
Little Tots – Puppet making “Outer Space”
(2-5)
12.30 pm
Object theatre workshop
(5+)
December 19-20, 10.30 am
“Merry Mation” – a film animation workshop
(9-18)
December 21, 1.30 pm
“Bah Humbug”: a workshop for anyone fed up with Christmas!
December 22, 10.30 am:
Christmas: anything from robins to reindeer, snowmen to Santa
(5+)
1 pm
Workshop after Banyan Theatre’s 11 am performance
December 23, 1 pm
Family Workshop “Santa’s Workshop”
(3- adult)
December 24, 10.30 am
Family workshop – Christmas characters
(3- adult)
December 27, 10.30 am
Superheroes and Sidekicks
(5+)
December 28, 10.30 am
Magical creatures
(5+)
December 29, 1 pm
Workshop following “The frog and the princess” performance
December 31, 10.30 am
Gaming Legends
(5+)
January 2, 10.30 am
Dinosaurs
(5+)
SUSSEX
BRIGHTON
Brighton Toy and Model Museum
(01273 749494)
September 30, 2 pm
Shadow Puppetry workshop
SCOTLAND
GLASGOW
Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre
(0141 339 6185)
phone for details