Puppetry
Who doesn’t love puppets? Sooty and Sweep, Punch and Judy… Even the Thunderbirds! Check out our reviews of productions which include our animated friends in this section.
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Review: The Bear That Wasn’t; OPEN Southall, Parkside Yards
A beautifully crafted and enchanting marionette show, layered with intriguing questions about identity and the human relationship with nature.
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Review: Planet of the Grapes, Pleasance Courtyard
Anarchic, pocket-sized puppet nonsense you’re gonna love!
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Review: Only Bones, Assembly Roxy
A wibbly wobbly man does remarkable things with his body in a delightfully extraordinary performance that includes knee-synching to song… Weird maybe but truly breathtaking!
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Review: Book of Shadows, Underbelly Cowgate
Fabulous fantasy adventure and predictably awesome shadow puppetry, delivered in a brand-new mystical show from Mochinosha.
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Review: SeedHeart, Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
A charming suitcase puppetry show demonstrating the consequences of capitalism.
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Review: The Untold Fable of Fritz, Rosemary Branch Theatre
A lively, inventive production with plenty of promise
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Review: Don Quixote (is a Very Big Book), Pleasance Dome
Sublime puppetry graces a performance that’s missing a few strings.
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Review: Tao of Glass, @sohoplace
A joyful experience: enter understanding the world one way and exit with a sense of how it can be different.
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Review: A Fable, Riverside Studios
A charming, beautiful, and at times savage show that brings breathtaking puppetry and traditional storytelling together in perfect harmony.
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Review: Venus & Adonis, Barbican Centre
An exceptional, arousing version of Shakespeare’s steamy erotic poem.