Hodman Dodmanott & Sally Forth
An engaging pair of walkabout characters, they have emerged from centuries of sheltered existence to seek their fortunes with their worldly possessions on their backs. The find themselves in a 21st century full of bustle and confusion.
This endearing pair are of course puppets operated by full-sized puppeteers inside the baggage, but they are convincingly human in their reactions to the crowds that surround and puzzle them.
The Flying
Buttresses can also be found in; Walkabout
Indigo Moon is a UK-based theatre company inspired by European, Indian and Indonesian traditions, often using puppetry. Indigo Moon performs both in Britain and abroad, using lifelike movement and enchanting music to create enjoyable
and contemporary shows.
Indigo Moon caters for both adults and children. Performances (either alone or in combination) use marionettes, rod puppets, shadow puppets, live acting and music.
Bjorn the polar
bear is a fully animated pod puppets, with a highly skilled performer
inside operating all the movements including facial animations and
sounds. There is also a specially built inflatable arctic
environment.
Original and entertaining shows inspired by environmental issues, local history, folk tales and legends.
Performances using shadow, rod and glove puppetry, music and live action.
They perform in small theatres, schools, community halls, residential homes and in the open air. They also give talks, lectures and demonstration and run workshops and residencies.
Current shows include: Apple Pip, Knowlittle, The Rubbish Monster
and Heatwave.
Obelon
Art & Puppet Company
Shows range from fast moving comic hand puppet shows to experimental theatre productions on complex themes using masks, body puppets and giant moving images.
They run unique art, storytelling and visual theatre residencies of one to three weeks. They offer workshops for children and adults in art and puppetry techniques. They are also versatile and can tailor sessions to an existing programme or to a specific educational/cultural theme. Schools, colleges, councils, youth centres, play associations, carnival groups and special needs groups use their services.
Multi
talented puppeteer with a variety of costumes. Surrealist puppets
based on the premise of characters reading newspapers and sharing them with a collection of improbable and amazing characters who appear from behind the pages
Established in 1982,
Pekko's Puppets provide a wide range of top quality puppet shows (and workshops) covering all age ranges between three and twelve. The repertoire is varied:- folk tales, fairy tales, adaptations of short stories, legends, original stories, humorous verse.
Stephen Novy is equally at home with an under-five's birthday party, a full school hall or with a theatre audience of seven to eleven year olds and their parents.
Pekko is a lively and cheerful bird that presents the show for the younger children, sings songs and comes out to meet the children at the end, particularly at parties.
The Street Walkers are giant interactive puppets who will add colour to any event There is a choice of characters:
Ringmaster
Clown
Rag Doll
Teddy Bear
Red Dragon Puppets are, as the name suggests, from Wales. With many years festival experience, their Giant walkabout puppets add colour and excitement to an open air event.
They are ideal for processions. Most of the puppets are UV reactive and make a brilliant
spectacle when lit with UV lights.
A founding member of ‘Spitting Image’, making and operating the puppets. He also has made puppets for many other familiar TV series.
Richard now also runs Science Magic. Topics cover physics, chemistry and biology, including optical illusions and the psychology of science. Richard performs at Festivals, parties and schools Each age gets something different out of it; they marvel at the magic, they learn how to do the tricks, they discover the science that makes the magic
happen.
