A celebration of marionettes

Wednesday, 23 October 2024 - Wednesday, 23 October 2024
The Art Workers' Guild
5.30pm - 9.30pm

The Art Workers’ Guild Outreach committee invites you to help us celebrate marionettes.

Join us for an evening of displays, talks, demonstrations and short performances with marionettes. There will even be a chance to have a go at operating a marionette puppet.

We will be exploring topics such as:

• Carving techniques
• Tailoring costumes
• Recreating biological mechanics
• Trick marionettes
• Marionettes on film
• Marionettes through the ages from Victorian times to the present
• Opportunities to ‘have a go’.

You can download a full programme of the days events here. 

Find details about the displays and demonstrations here.

Contributors include:

Alicia Britt & Anna Smith, Charlotte Cory, Sue Dacre, Michael Dixon & The National Puppet Archive, Keith Frederick, Roger Lade, Ronnie Le Drew, Laura Mathews, Quanimals Theatre Productions, Tatwood Puppets, Tony Sinnett, Jan Zalud and Soledad Zárate.

 

Book your place:

Entry is free, but booking is essential as places are limited.

This event is now fully booked.

Displays/demonstrations open from 5.30pm.

 

NB: Please note that we will be filming and taking pictures at this event.

If you are attending and would prefer not to be filmed, please let us know so that we can take appropriate steps to ensure you are not included.