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City Arts and Nottingham Puppet Festival have commissioned a brand-new walkabout puppet! The puppet will be designed and created in collaboration with Nottingham communities. These include Cantrell Primary School pupils,…

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Meet Meander Theatre, one of three recipients of a Nottingham Puppet Festival bursaryMeander Theatre is a Learning Disability Led Theatre Company making work based on the interests or the lived…

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by 2024 Nottingham Puppet Festival Bursary recipient Liz Johnson I started doing stand up last year after doing an eight-week comedy course with Ultra Comedy in Nottingham. On the course…

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Nottingham Puppet Festival's Commitment to CN28 and Theatre Green Book Principles 2024 sees the third iteration of the Nottingham Puppet Festival, and whilst at its heart lies a huge celebration…

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Blog post by David Longford (original co-producer of the Nottingham Puppet Festival who will be introducing the Eraserhead screening at Broadway Cinema on 17 Apr) “Ever had a dream while…

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When we say Nottingham Puppet Festival is for everyone from 6 months to 100, we really do mean it! But what's on especially for our smallest visitors? Two puppet shows…

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A few thoughts from Alison Denholm, Creative Development Manager at City Arts on "why puppets"...This year’s event is the third festival we have produced, and we are indebted to the…

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Rachel Reeves has written an article on the Power of Puppetry to explore human emotions and experiences: Lily and I had a lot in common – both brown-haired young women…

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One of the priorities for Nottingham’s first ever Puppet Festival is that it's a great event that everyone can access, and so it’s really important that there are opportunities for…

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Ever seen a weight-lifting mouse or Burlesque puppet show? Perhaps you’re a fan of the 80s hit Spitting Image, or F.A.B. about Thunderbirds? Whichever it might be, you’re in for…