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

Puppet Theatre Barge - Abingdon

The Insect Circus

The Puppet Theatre Barge has been putting on a programme of unique and magical puppet shows on a converted Thames barge for over thirty years. 

The audience begin their journey as soon as they step onto the gangplank and climb aboard. They descend below the water line (wellingtons not necessary) and leave the real world behind. 

Puppets from other parts of the world hang from the walls in retirement. The theatre’s golden curtain is softly lit and banks of seats slope gently to the roof. 

A ship’s bell is rung, the audience falls silent in anticipation. Music plays, the lights dim, the theatre goes dark and finally the curtain rises to the delight of children and adults alike.

The Puppet Theatre Barge moves between two locations - Little Venice and Richmond. 

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