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Sane People, Talking to Puppets?

04/07/2018 Naila Scargill

The Flying Buttresses have brought their puppet characters Hodman and Sally to events across the globe, proving that their bewildered wonder is universally engaging. (read more)

Fourth Wall on the Street? Not Our Style At All

20/06/2018 Naila Scargill

Examining the phenomenon of street theatre with Alister O’Loughlin, co-founder of Prodigal Theatre and performer with the Urban Playground Team. (read more)

Loitered Lens: Womadelaide 2017

02/05/2017 Ian Fry

After 25 years, Womadelaide still surprises. Photos from 2017’s edition (read more)

Unexpected, Imaginative Experiences… with Whalley Range All Stars

03/04/2017 Sean Keenan

Security stopped us because we Went Too Far…. Whalley Range All Stars prove the power of theatre (read more)

Our job, as puppeteers, is to disappear: Frolicked Outdoor Puppet Theatre

16/03/2017 Sean Keenan

Puppetry has a quality that allows us, as puppeteers, to get very close to people (read more)

Disbelief is right there all the time: Maynard Flip Flap

11/03/2017 Sean Keenan

Some audiences are horrible. Maynard Flip Flap’s Rick Allen dares to voice the forbidden truth. (read more)

Art can provide a mirror to people’s lives: Company Chameleon

10/03/2017 Sean Keenan

ance tends to find a way, regardless of setting. Comforting as it may be, there is no real need to invoke the Billy Elliot myth of northern lad shucking off the grim strictures of working (read more)

‘I’m sure she knew she was talking to a puppet’: The Flying Buttresses

04/03/2017 Sean Keenan

rebuchet applies its right to invoke Henson’s Law. (Henson’s Law: Even the world’s best CGI will look dated in a decade, but an awesome puppet will always be an awesome puppet.) Since 2001, spectacle makers, (read more)