What’s On

29 April

Plucky

St Helens

29 April

Flying Dodos

Todmorden Folk Festival

30 April and 1 May

A la Puppet Carte

Belfast

3 June

Debut of 3 new shows!

A la Puppet Carte

Festival Oldham

3 June

Flying Dodos

Bacup

10 June

Flying Dodos

Ripon

11 June

A la Puppet Carte

Ripon

17 June

Hi! Street Fest
Giant Puppet Commission

Lowestoft

17 June

Hippo

Leeds

18-25 June

Giant Puppet Masterclass

Hebden Bridge

1 July

A la Puppet Carte

Winchester Hat Fair

1 July

Hi! Street Fest
Giant Puppet Commission

Gloucester

6 July

A la Puppet Carte

Leeds

8 July

Hi! Street Fest
Giant Puppet Commission

Wigan

8 and 9 July

A la Puppet Carte

Timber Festival

22 July

Hi! Street Fest
Giant Puppet Commission

Gosport

29 July

Hi! Street Fest
Giant Puppet Commission

Middlesbrough

5-11 August

A la Puppet Carte,

Flying Dodos,
Lantern workshop

Sidmouth Folk Week

18, 19, 20 August

Ghost Caribou

Bestival Shropshire

19, 20 August

A la Puppet Carte

Just So Festival

25, 26 August

Hippo

Stoke on Trent

25, 26, 27 August

A la Puppet Carte

Shambala Festival

26 August

Plucky

Wigan

2 September

A la Puppet Carte

Burton on Trent

9 September

Hi! Street Fest
Giant Puppet Commission

Stalybridge

9 and 10 September

Hippo

Weston-super-Mare

11-17 September

Puppetry Intensive

Minneapolis, USA

19 November

Ghost Caribou

Swansea

25 November

Ghost Caribou

Scarborough

thingumatheatre

Spring is finally here and the #PuppetChalet works

Spring is finally here and the #PuppetChalet workshop has moved outdoors! Two weeks away from our debut of new #AlaPuppetCarte #puppetshows made by our apprentices @sayanaruse @saraguedespuppetry @jenchungartist with the help of @kneadnaan supported by @withoutwallsconsortium @_wildrumpus

With new land comes the need for new skills (and m

With new land comes the need for new skills (and more tools!). Thanks @stefandpope tree surgeon/puppeteer for introducing me to the art of the #chainsaw

#PuppetChalet

Repost of our apprentice @sayanaruse: Process ph

Repost of our apprentice @sayanaruse:

Process photos of week 1 and 2 - writing our stories, sculpting heads and set design for #alapuppetcarte

2 full weeks of working with a wondeful team @jenchungartist, @saraguedespuppetry and @kneadnaan

Thank you to @thingumatheatre
@withoutwallsconsortium
@_wildrumpus for this wonderful opportunity!

#puppetmaking #puppetry #outdoorarts #devising #puppetchalet #puppetshow

Today and tomorrow, Coronation weekend, Plucky our

Today and tomorrow, Coronation weekend, Plucky our giant chicken, performed by @gilburnsperformer and @stefandpope, is at @alnwickgarden. That’s right, here we have Coronation Chicken. (Apologies if you’re not British but I assure you it’s a funny joke.)

#coronationchicken #coronation #coronationweekend #giantpuppet #giantchicken @foolsparadiseagents

End of week 2 (of 6) making new puppet shows with

End of week 2 (of 6) making new puppet shows with our apprentices @sayanaruse @saraguedespuppetry @jenchungartist at the #PuppetChalet, our new #offgrid #puppetworkshop in #Todmorden.

Shows are written and designed and the first few puppets have been sculpted and papier-mâchéd!

Thanks to @withoutwallsconsortium @_wildrumpus and @calderdale for supporting this creation/training opportunity!

#puppetry #puppettheatre #puppetmaking #puppettraining #puppeteer #outdoorarts

Practicing breath support, projection and vocal wa

Practicing breath support, projection and vocal warm-ups with speech therapist @seanpert with our puppetry apprentices at the #PuppetChalet

Fantastic weekend in Belfast at @fools_festival! L

Fantastic weekend in Belfast at @fools_festival! Lovely enthusiastic crowds, great circus and street artists (@jannacycle @tiagofonseca55 @sioltacircus seen here) and the friendliest organisers and volunteers. And a chance to enjoy some seriously good Guinness. More of this please!

#puppetry #puppetshow #puppettheatre #alapuppetcarte #outdoorarts #lovemyjob

Dodos had a great time at @todfolkfest! We ❤️

Dodos had a great time at @todfolkfest! We ❤️ a local gig! Well done apprentices @sayanaruse and @saraguedespuppetry on their first #ThingumajigTheatre outing!

#Todmorden #puppetry #giantpuppets #outdoorarts

Busy weekend! Dodos at @todfolkfest, Plucky in St

Busy weekend! Dodos at @todfolkfest, Plucky in St Helens #OneAmazingDay and #AlaPuppetCarte in Belfast @fools_festival

#puppetry #puppetshow #outdoorarts #giantpuppets @foolsparadiseagents

Setting up new workshop! #Puppetchalet

Setting up new workshop! #Puppetchalet

Here are the six giant puppets we made for @emerge

Here are the six giant puppets we made for @emergencyexitarts #HiStreetFest @aceagrams @historicengland. We made the frames with our apprentices @jenchungartist @saraguedespuppetry @sayanaruse and guest artist from Spain @migueljzl and we made the heads, hands and costumes at @101outdoorarts with EEA artists and artists representing six towns around England. The puppets still need hair and other costume details which will be made in each community. They will feature in an event this summer celebrating their high street. This was one of our biggest commissions and we’re very pleased how the puppets, the team and the energy converged to something very special. Whew, that was a lot of work!

#giantpuppets #puppetworkshop #puppetmaker #puppetry #outdoorarts

📸: @bredalouise

Gigging with on a rainy Easter Monday with @percyb

Gigging with on a rainy Easter Monday with @percybysshekim

#rescuedogsofinstagram #dogsofinstagram #romanianrescue #vanlife #campervan #dogwithaccordian

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