Genre: Puppetry
Review: David Walliams’ The First Hippo on the Moon
A great children’s story told with much flair and tenderness.
Review: Heartwood
A family tale that has a heart of gold rather than wood but plenty of mileage to get through which will soften yours.
Review: The Tale of the Cockatrice
A superior piece of children’s theatre that tells an ancient tale with plenty of new tricks.
Review: The Wonderful World of Lapin
Charming and entertaining family show that will delight the very young.
Review: Puppet Fiction
Gritty story inspired by Pulp Fiction, except with puppets - entertaining and fun!
Review: Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika
Seeing Part Two reinforces the impression that in its virtues and a few vices, there’s nothing like this in theatre. An epic conveying a generational anger undergoing criminal abandonment, it blazons all corners of a nation. And the almost national multitude of cast and creatives Marianne Elliott’s assembled stands proud in this, almost beyond praise.
Review: Life of Galileo
Thrilling, especially Brendan Cowell in the lead role. It’s unlikely we’ll see another Life of Galileo with the scale and reach of this for a long time, though perhaps for no better reason than we’re almost alienated from Brecht at a time when at least looking up and asking questions is what keeps us on our toes, when people talk of strong leaders.
Review: The Life and Death of Puppet King Richard II
Did he go, or was he pushed? Is he just a puppet?
Review: The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch
"...as near perfect a show as I would want to take my children to..."
Review: Christopher Nibble.
"The Guinea pigs of Dandeville are munching the poor over-stretched dandelion population out of existence and heading for eco-disaster!!
Review: The Forecast
The Forecast is an unforgettable experience on many levels - a horrifying, yet ultimately hopeful story about a future that is already pulling into the driveway
Review: Seeing Stars
Here’s Tycho Brahe to lead us by his gold nose. You can never start star-gazing too young; this Rust and Stardust production is a dazzling place to start. Enchanting, informative and exhilarating in equal measure; Conlon and Sommers’ singing sets a magical seal on this star-breaking look at the universe.
Review: The Wizard of Oz
It beggars belief that on one tiny stage we can be subjected to so many scene stages so expertly handled, so many backdrops and scenery shifts, not to mention a cast of twenty-two who can all sing. This production is good enough for a larger professional stage. If you get a chance, ask for a ticket or return.
Review: Motherhood:(Un)speakable, (Un)spoken
Ninety seconds into this newly-revised one-woman play, Joanna Rosenfeld - emerging in a poke of fingers from a cagoule of brown paper - over-voices herself giving witness to tens of verbatim experiences we hear. This tells us the baby’s a parasite, sucks all your nutrients, calcium from your teeth for instance, causes injury, often permanent, can kill. This is - literally - epic interior theatre.
Review: Motherhood: (Un)speakable, (Un)spoken
Moments into this one-woman play, Joanna Rosenfeld - emerging in a poke of fingers from a cagoule of brown paper - over-voices herself giving witness to tens of verbatim experiences we hear. This tells us the baby’s a parasite, sucks all your nutrients, calcium from your teeth for instance, causes injury, often permanent, can kill. This is - literally - epic interior theatre.
Review: Boris & Sergey: Preposterous Improvisation Experiment
Sublime puppetry and improvisation performance with lots of laughs and an underlying sensitivity
Review: Wolf Meat
Profoundly silly and farcically serious show with just the kind of anarchy that offers coke to audience members. Contains brief and ghastly nudity.
Review: Pinocchio
Join Bard & Troubadour on a truly magical journary for all ages, as Pinocchio faces scoundrels, set-backs and sea monsters on his quest to become a real boy, in this loving recreation of the classic Italian fairy tale.
Review: Bruce
As our bumbling protagonist Bruce hurtles towards the Earth in a space shuttle, he reflects on the life events which lead him to this predicament.
Review: Taiwan Season – The Paper Play
Clever visual storytelling, sensitive, witty and very creative.
Review: Cinder-ella
Cinder-ella offers a lot to recommend it, not the least of which is Kinny Gardner, a dynamic, engaging and imminently charming storyteller who offers laughter, imagination and just a little bit of magic!
Review: Boris & Sergey’s Vaudevillian Adventure
"This show is wonderful and we want to see it again."
Review: Sticks Stones and Broken Bones
A shadow puppet show that turns household junk into surreal live cartoons
Review: Boris and Sergey in the Astonishing Freakatorium
Cabaret puppetry at its best, most bawdy and gruesome
Review: Something There That’s Missing
This show is smart enough for parents, fun enough for kids and so very good to share.
Review: Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey
An brilliant adaptation of Jane Austen’s humorous novel with puppets
Review: The Trench
A bleak World War One fantasy epic with puppetry and an impressive musical score.
Review: The Girl With No Heart
A thought provoking and unsettling human story, with strongly crafted images.
Review: Boris and Sergey’s Vaudevillian Adventure
Foul puppetry late at night that delivers at the right level for the audience attending.
Review: Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theater – Chunky Woollen Nits
The funniest hour of comedy entertainment our family has enjoyed together.
Review: The Table
Exquisite puppetry that delights and entertains but could have done with the rest of the dining room furniture
Review: Swamp Juice
Review: Sticks, Stones, Broken Bones
Ludicrously fun, unexpectedly beautiful and gently inspirational family show from a shadow puppeteer who’s serious about play
Review: Jack Pratchard
Jonathan Storey’s small, strange and perfectly formed model theatre has a world of surprises in store
