What’s On

30 July

Plucky

Prescot

1-5 August

Lantern Workshop and Parade

Sidmouth Folk Week

6 August

Plucky

Huyton

20 and 21 August

Plucky and Hippo

Prescot

26-28 August

A la Puppet Carte

Shambala Festival

28 August

Flying Dodos

Burnley

2 September

Giant Puppet Mechanism Workshop

Festival of Thrift, Redcar

2 and 3 September

Plucky

Inverness

3 September

Hippo

Armley, Leeds

10 September

Hippo

Newark

15-27 September

Giant Lantern Puppet Masterclass

William Penn University, Oskaloosa, Iowa

24 September

A la Puppet Carte

Leeds

1 and 2 October

Sea Monster and

Ghost Caribou

Hartlepool

29 October

Ghost Caribou

Crawley

November and December

New 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

2 December

Ghost Caribou

Tavistock

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Here are our lanterns as part of the closing night

Here are our lanterns as part of the closing night festivities. Proud to be a part of what’s weird and wonderful in England.

Repost • @sidfolkfestival

🥳 Sidmouth Folk Festival 2022 going out with a bang! Hope to see you next year 4th - 11th August 2023

Plucky having a jolly time in Huyton yesterday, ev

Plucky having a jolly time in Huyton yesterday, even had a boogie with Skiband! Plucky was performed by @lanepaulstewart and @velmavonbonbon; thanks for the booking @wiganpierpromotions!

Enchanting #lanternparade last night by the seasid

Enchanting #lanternparade last night by the seaside at @sidfolkfestival! We spent the week making 40+ hedgehog lanterns with families and a giant badger with lots of great helpers. The fox made in a masterclass I taught in Feb came out for a guest appearance. Such a lovely atmosphere with music and folk dance everywhere and nice up-for-anything community—one of our favs!

#lanterns #puppets #giantpuppets #lanternpuppets

Repost • @hmadeparade 🌞VACANCY - 3 COMMUNIT

Repost • @hmadeparade

🌞VACANCY - 3 COMMUNITY PARADE INTERNS🌞

Please share with anyone who might like to join us, thanks very much!

ARE YOU A FINAL YEAR STUDENT OR EARLY CAREER ARTIST?

DO YOU WANT TO LEARN OR DEVELOP YOUR SKILLS IN PUPPET-MAKING AND COMMUNITY PARADE ARTS?

WE HAVE 3 INTERN OPPORTUNITIES IN SEPTEMBER
- from 1 September for 3wks.

WHAT YOU’LL DO: You will assist our artists in preparation for our Community Summer Parade: working alongside them during community workshops creating parade costumes and masks; helping to prepare materials for workshops; helping to prepare, repair and make artwork in readiness for parade; work as crew during the parade (Sunday 18 September); support post-parade tidy-up.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN: You will be an integral part of parade preparations and activities, which will provide an exclusive insight into the community carnival and outdoor arts sector. You’ll learn approaches and techniques in the design and making of parade costumes, willow-based lantern puppets, and running community workshops. You’ll see what’s needed to deliver a successful parade event before, during and afterwards.

This is a paid opportunity.

Pay: £380 pw
Term: 3 weeks
Dates: 1 Sept to 21 Sept
Hours: flexible capped at 40hrs pw
Location: Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire

APPLICATION PROCESS:
Send your expression of interest including details of your artform skills, experience, areas of interest and career vision to info@handmadeparade.co.uk by 18 August (no more than 2 sides of A4).

You’ll be contacted by 23 August if we decide to offer you one of the intern places.

At @sidfolkfestival all week making hedgehog lant

At @sidfolkfestival all week making hedgehog lanterns and a big badger with families for Friday’s Torchlight Parade. Such a lovely atmosphere, music sessions everywhere, we learned a Morris dance, saw a puppet show by @gemma__khawaja and swam in the sea!

Plucky today in Prescot via @wiganpierpromotions

Plucky today in Prescot via @wiganpierpromotions

End of a seven-day #puppetry intensive for @monkey

End of a seven-day #puppetry intensive for @monkeybear.puppetry, Minneapolis, USA. I taught 9 BIPOC artists the basics of puppet and mask movement; @huntermarionettes taught #marionettes. The week ended with an exciting and moving sharing for friends and family. It’s our 5th year doing this and it’s exciting to see how many participants go on to develop their own puppetry practice.

So much thanks to @chamindika.puppetry for steering this ship, continuing to invite me to play and for all the gorgeous food. And thanks to @hapa9 and @4sktm for housing me again!

#puppettraining #puppetworkshop #maskworkshop #puppettheatre #puppettheater #puppettheater #representationmatters

Repost • @suetruman1015 Just a bit about how c

Repost • @suetruman1015

Just a bit about how crankies are being used today. Have a good Sunday!❤️❤️😀😀✨✨ @breadandpuppet @thingumatheatre #crankies

Halfway done with my week-long #puppetry intensive

Halfway done with my week-long #puppetry intensive for @monkeybear.puppetry Minneapolis (USA). After a few years off, teaching our 4th cohort—9 new BIPOC artists—the basics of puppet manipulation. Taught object, table top, rod, hand and shadow puppets. Tomorrow is marionettes with @huntermarionettes then masks! Also led a #Worbla #maskmaking session to make a new set of learning masks for the participants.

#puppettraining #puppettheatre #puppeteer

Busy day for Thingumajig: Dodos in Shipley, Hippo

Busy day for Thingumajig: Dodos in Shipley, Hippo in Newport, Wales while Andrew is in Minneapolis, USA teaching a week-long #puppetry intensive to BIPOC artists!

I’m back in Minneapolis for the first time since

I’m back in Minneapolis for the first time since the pandemic and the murder of #GeorgeFloyd. Spent some time at George Floyd Square, a DIY people’s encampment/memorial/art gallery on the corner where he was killed (photo 6 is the very spot he died). Powerful stuff—long may it inspire change.

Best audience comment ever from @beverleypuppetfes

Best audience comment ever from @beverleypuppetfestival audience member

#puppetry #puppetshow #outdoorarts #worthit

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