What’s On

11 November to 23 December

Giant Lantern Commissions
Chester Zoo

7-12 November

Lantern Workshop and Ghost Caribou

Hilmarfestivalen, Steinkjer, Norway

18 and 19 November

Ghost Caribou

Wakefield

20 November

Ghost Caribou

Swansea

26 November

Ghost Caribou

Dundee

26 November

Kelda the Viking Girl

Hartlepool

27 November

Ghost Caribou

Manchester

29 November

Ghost Caribou

Birstall

3 December

Ghost Caribou

Morecambe

4 December

Ghost Caribou

Manchester

10, 11 December

Ghost Caribou

Marwell Zoo

17, 18 December

Ghost Caribou

Marwell Zoo

21 February 2023

Kit and Caboodle

Solihull

29 July

Hippo and Ghost Caribou

Camp Bestival Dorset

19, 20 August

Hippo and Ghost Caribou

Camp Bestival Shropshire

thingumatheatre

Big News: We are now the owners of an acre and a h

Big News: We are now the owners of an acre and a half of hillside between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden. It’s a former quarry, off the grid and includes several hand-built buildings including a hobbit house, a yurt, a tree house and part of a stream with sweeping views across the valley. Over the next few years, we hope to transform this into a bespoke off-grid giant puppet workshop, puppetry training space and our home. Exciting and bewildering; new adventure starts today.

Repost • @cityco.manchesterbid: Enchanting #Gh

Repost • @cityco.manchesterbid:

Enchanting #GhostCaribou by @thingumatheatre 💫
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Our #FestiveSundays are taking place every Sunday to 18th December in the city centre. Special encounters and performances around the #ChristmasMarkets 💫
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Commissioned by #Manchester retailers (Business Improvement District) to spread to extra cheer around the @mcrmarkets this festive season❄️
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Visitmanchester.com/Christmas
ManchesterBID.com
#MCRChristmas

#GhostCaribou will be back at Manchester Christmas Market on Sunday 4 Dec.

Amazing gig last night in Dundee, Scotland #Dundee

Amazing gig last night in Dundee, Scotland #DundeeHooley! 400 torches, a pipe band, @cirquebijou umbrella, a brass band and ended with a Cèilidh! Thanks @visitdundeecity @foolsparadiseagents and @fearofthedonkey who has now been a caribou puppeteer in Wales, Norway and now Scotland.

#GhostCaribou #giantpuppets #puppettheatre #puppetry #outdoorarts

Kelda the Viking Girl had a lovely time getting to

Kelda the Viking Girl had a lovely time getting to know the good people of #Hartlepool yesterday at @wintertidefestuk produced by @bloominart_cic. @stefandpope was the puppeteer @gilburnsperformer and @mel_daniels_dramasaurus played the companions.

#giantpuppet #puppetry #viking #vikinggirl #outdoorarts #walkabout

Much needed time off in #RobinHoodsBay #Yorkshire.

Much needed time off in #RobinHoodsBay #Yorkshire. Lots of walks, naps and sun rises. And celebrating Kathy’s birthday! Lovely photo but very clearly missing a dog.

Be an apprentice artist with Thingumajig Theatre!

Be an apprentice artist with Thingumajig Theatre!

We are looking to work with 3 emerging artists of colour in 2023 to work with Thingumajig from January through August 2023. Artists will be trained in making and performing small and big puppets and work with Thingumajig directors to make a new small street puppet show of their own. This is a paid opportunity especially for artists of the Global Majority based in the Northwest or Yorkshire, England.

Edit: Apologies, we are not open to international applications.

Applications due on 5 December. Link in bio.

#puppetry #puppettheatre #outdoorarts #puppetrytraining

Kelda the Viking girl and her companions are getti

Kelda the Viking girl and her companions are getting excited about their visit to @wintertidefestuk #Hartlepool 26 November! We’re dusting off this sweet #giantpuppet, originally commissioned by @thelanterncompany, for a limited engagement by special request for @bloominart_cic.

#puppetry #giantpuppets #viking #vikinggirl #vikingpuppet #outdoorarts

On our way back from Norway where we spent an extr

On our way back from Norway where we spent an extraordinary week in #Steinkjer with @hilmarfestivalen making lanterns with three groups and led them in an torchlight parade with #GhostCaribou. Despite the rain, the town was enchanted. It was a special gig for us as this was our first performance in Norway, our first post-Brexit travel through the EU, and a gift of gig taking the act to one of cultures which inspired it. It was a very long drive, a super busy teaching week, after a very exhausting month (see previous posts), but to see the excitement and pride of the lantern makers and festival organisers—totally worth it. Also a couple of highlights of the week: saw the northern lights and stayed in a lovely 200-year-old farm log cabin on the way back!

Special thanks to Gareth @fearofthedonkey for joining us for the performance, @frk.berre for photos 1,2 and the team @hilmarfestivalen for inviting us and looking after us! Also thanks to @lempenpuppettheatre, @theshowglobe and @xtraxarts for advice on navigating post-Brexit Europe. Takk! Ha det bra!

#giantpuppets #lanternpuppets #lanternparade #puppetry #puppetroadtrip

It’s opening weekend for two new #lantern #giant

It’s opening weekend for two new #lantern #giantpuppets we made for @chesterzoo produced by @_wildrumpus. The night before we delivered this Barn Owl, we took a test flight around #HebdenBridge with photographer @ianhodgson123. You can see it with our new Bear King (see previous post) along with previous commissions Orangutans, Lion and Cassowaries now until 23 Dec.

It’s opening night for the lanterns at @chesterz

It’s opening night for the lanterns at @chesterzoo produced by @_wildrumpus! Here is one of the two new lantern puppets we made this year. Introducing the Bear King! See him in front of his castle and many other #ThingumajigTheatre #lanternpuppets today until 23 Dec. Photos by @ianhodgson123

#giantpuppets #puppetry #lanterns #bearpuppet

Over the last four days, we made 46 lanterns with

Over the last four days, we made 46 lanterns with three different groups in #Steinkjer Norway for @hilmarfestivalen. Lots of sticks, glue and smiles—all ready for tomorrow’s torchlight parade with #GhostCaribou!

We made it to Norway! After 3 years of planning, d

We made it to Norway! After 3 years of planning, despite a pandemic and Brexit, we made it to @hilmarfestivalen #Steinkjer Norway! We started our first lantern making session with a lovely group of Norwegians and recent residents from Turkey. Last night we heard a lovely trio @geitungen.music with the haunting sounds of a Hardingfele (Hardanger Fiddle). Already ate so much fish and that was just breakfast. Three more days of workshops then #GhostCaribou will lead their lantern parade.

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