Puppet Theatre Barge

Multi-award winning Italian puppet company, Di Filippo Marionette, grace the Puppet Theatre Barge for a fortnight's residency. The marionettes are alive- and doing all kinds of amazing things! Meet characters such as Constantine the Cyclist, Pina the Ballerina and Fred the Tapdancer as they perform their crazy antics! A show without spoken words: each character tells their story through movement and music, and, by interacting with the actor-puppeteers, they perfectly showcase the magic of the marionette. Prices: Adult: £13 Child: £9, Concession: £10, Adult with baby: 2-24 months £13

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Oscar Wilde’s The Selfish Giant is brought to life in this beautiful and heartwarming adaptation by James Boswell. Performed with great skill and humour using marionettes (string puppets), what better place than The Puppet Barge for the audience to float away into the magical world of this much loved story.

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A Button in my Head by Arriba Las Hu! Manos Clott has a red button on his head that makes him feel different. As a baby, his head was broken in two and sewed back together using this button. Clott wishes more than anything that he did not have that button, but it is the button that holds him together and outside forces will do anything to get him unbuttoned and destroy his story! Argentinian puppeteer Laura Mac Laughlin and Chilean artist Enrique Crohare bring this heart warming story to life with skillful glove puppetry and plenty of humour. The company has performed the show more than 650 times in 22 countries, participating in more than 70 International Festivals across America, Europe, Asia and Africa.

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The much loved story of Red Riding Hood is injected with humour and new twists to the tale in this specially commissioned version by prize winning author Deborah Jones. Granny is arty but forgetful, Little Red is fearful and feisty, and the Wolf as deep, haunting and mysterious as his forest. Performed using marionettes and shadow puppets, this production is perfect for adults and children age 5 + and not suitable for babies or pre-school children.

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Oscar Wilde’s The Selfish Giant is brought to life in this beautiful and heartwarming adaptation by James Boswell. Performed with great skill and humour using marionettes (string puppets), what better place than The Puppet Barge for the audience to float away into the magical world of this much loved story.

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Snitch sail's to an island where he meets the Dodo bird ! .... but who else is there ? See the show to find out! Surprises, Fun and laughter in this show for children aged from 3 to 6 years old performed by puppet master Ronnie Le Drew, aka Zippy from the British TV series Rainbow.

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My Shadow and Me is like a cartoon created live out of nothing but darkness and light. One person (and his shadow) meet and go on an incredible, imaginative, shadowy journey where creatures emerge, engage and transform beautifully. The show uses minimal language in combination with electronic music, a kazoo, a shaker and non- verbal voice effects. Little encounters between characters are explored and tiny stories unfold. A simple, theatrical blend of amazing skill, simplicity, humour and shadow magic. Winner of West End Cabaret Award 2018, Best show Moving Parts Festival 2019 and Top 3 Germany’s Got Talent 2021 This performance is accessible to the deaf and the hard of hearing. Age limit: 4+.

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Meet Wobulous Discombobulous, the anarchic sock as he presents a line up of extraordinarily talented performing objects, all with their own unique and captivating storylines. Suitcase Circus features the most unlikely of performers including the world's only acrobatic potato sack, a daredevil ski glove, an incredible dancing milkshake straw, the hypnotic tie snake Windsor Knot, and the lovable yet bizarre magical Mexican hat Timrek. "Outstanding" TimeOut London Duration: 50mins no interval

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Visiting company String Theatre invites the audience to forget reality and become immersed in the strange and beautiful world of the Insect Circus. Beetles and grasshoppers, wasps and dragonflies, demonstrate their dexterity with great skill and humour. Presented using marionettes, the show breathes new life into the traditional techniques used in Victorian trick marionettes. This show has no words and is accessible to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Suitable for ages 4+ Duration: 45min no interval Relaxed Performances 20th July at 11am & 3rd August 11am

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1871: Brighton. One woman spurned by unrequited love, inflamed with barely quenched lust, undertook a murderous rampage about the town. Her weapon of choice: confectionery. Sweets laced with poison. The Sorrowful Tale of Sleeping Sidney is a comically macabre, puppet-told, true Brighton story about obsessive love, murder and chocolate. Seven lavish glove puppets and one narrator-puppeteer enact this historical tale, based on the story of the Brighton Chocolate Cream Poisoner. Written by Daisy Jordan and Ulysses Black. Created and performed by Daisy Jordan. Recorded original musical score written and performed by Kate Daisy Grant, featuring fiddle and saw playing by Nick Pynn The show was a finalist for the New Writing South’s “Best New Play Award” following Brighton Fringe Festival 2018. "a gloriously gothic – and surprisingly funny – puppet show.... it's impossible not to fall for its dark, whimsical charms." - Quote from Exeunt Magazine review. "...the kind of charming small-scale show which defines the Fringe. It's funny, self-aware, skilful – and beautifully realised in its seaside milieu [✩✩✩✩]" - Fringe Guru. Show suitable for 11+ (contains mild sexual references)

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These two famous cousins visit each other and both experience exciting new sights and sounds. The Town Mouse must face the wild countryside, while the Country Mouse watches for the house cat and learns to navigate the noisy city traffic. They both end up much wiser as a result of their exciting adventures. A delight for young and old, told with music, songs and rod puppets.

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Meet Wobulous Discombobulous, the anarchic sock as he presents a line up of extraordinarily talented performing objects, all with their own unique and captivating storylines. Suitcase Circus features the most unlikely of performers including the world's only acrobatic potato sack, a daredevil ski glove, an incredible dancing milkshake straw, the hypnotic tie snake Windsor Knot, and the lovable yet bizarre magical Mexican hat Timrek. "Outstanding" TimeOut London Duration: 50mins no interval

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Tiffany is twisting and turning and her mind won’t stop whirring- she just can’t fall asleep! She knows there must be a PEA hidden • underneath her bed (she is a fairy tale enthusiast after all). As Tiffany adventures down through worlds of mattresses and mysteries, she meets the restless bed folk: the bumbling Shepherd and his herd of ‘counting’ sheep, the thieving Bed-Bugs, and of course, the wise old Memory Foam... Join Tiffany on her quest to find the PEA and get a good night's sleep. But what is really keeping her awake? All the stories tell us that stepmothers are evil. Maybe the fairy tales are wrong...

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Oscar Wilde’s The Selfish Giant is brought to life in this beautiful and heartwarming adaptation by James Boswell. Performed with great skill and humour using marionettes (string puppets), what better place than The Puppet Barge for the audience to float away into the magical world of this much loved story.

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Fisherman Jon invites you to embark on an epic voyage of self discovery, to find out what truly is on the end of his rod. One day, Jon, a lonely fisherman sailing the seas, catches something unexpected… unbeknownst to Jon this catch will change his life forever. “What’s on the end of my Rod?” is an evocative and beautiful clown-odyssey told by a loveable idiot discovering the true power of love. Runtime: 1hour Age: 16+ *This is a drag/comedy/theatre event, not a puppet show.

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Visiting company String Theatre invites the audience to forget reality and become immersed in the strange and beautiful world of the Insect Circus. Beetles and grasshoppers, wasps and dragonflies, demonstrate their dexterity with great skill and humour. Presented using marionettes, the show breathes new life into the traditional techniques used in Victorian trick marionettes. This show has no words and is accessible to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Suitable for ages 4+ Duration: 45min no interval Relaxed Performances 20th July at 11am & 3rd August 11am

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A brand new production for all ages fusing puppetry, storytelling and live music. The performance combines Arabic and English storytelling with humour and imagination to tell the tale of a man who asks too many questions. Performed using tabletop puppetry and the rarely seen black light theatre technique. Inspired by two Palestinian short stories by Maya Abu Al-Hayat and Yara Bamieh. Created for the Puppet Theatre Barge by Osama Al Azza and Stan Middleton. Prices: Adult: £13 Child: £9, Concession: £10, Adult with baby: 2-24 months £13

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My Shadow and Me is like a cartoon created live out of nothing but darkness and light. One person (and his shadow) meet and go on an incredible, imaginative, shadowy journey where creatures emerge, engage and transform beautifully. The show uses minimal language in combination with electronic music, a kazoo, a shaker and non- verbal voice effects. Little encounters between characters are explored and tiny stories unfold. A simple, theatrical blend of amazing skill, simplicity, humour and shadow magic. Winner of West End Cabaret Award 2018, Best show Moving Parts Festival 2019 and Top 3 Germany’s Got Talent 2021 This performance is accessible to the deaf and the hard of hearing. Age limit: 4+.

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These two famous cousins visit each other and both experience exciting new sights and sounds. The Town Mouse must face the wild countryside, while the Country Mouse watches for the house cat and learns to navigate the noisy city traffic. They both end up much wiser as a result of their exciting adventures. A delight for young and old, told with music, songs and rod puppets.

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My Shadow and Me is like a cartoon created live out of nothing but darkness and light. One person (and his shadow) meet and go on an incredible, imaginative, shadowy journey where creatures emerge, engage and transform beautifully. The show uses minimal language in combination with electronic music, a kazoo, a shaker and non- verbal voice effects. Little encounters between characters are explored and tiny stories unfold. A simple, theatrical blend of amazing skill, simplicity, humour and shadow magic. Winner of West End Cabaret Award 2018, Best show Moving Parts Festival 2019 and Top 3 Germany’s Got Talent 2021 This performance is accessible to the deaf and the hard of hearing. Age limit: 4+.

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