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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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Two Nottingham artists and a theatre company have been awarded bursaries as part of the 2024 Nottingham Puppet Festival. City Arts and a panel awarded the bursaries to support the professional…

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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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Nottingham Puppet Festival has announced the full line up of events for the 2024 festival, taking place at venues across the city from Tuesday 9 to Sunday 21 April. An Arts…

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Following on from the Nottingham Puppet 2018 puppetry talk series, the 2021 Festival series celebrated puppetry with talks and debates around reaching new audiences and widening participation. Our speakers are…