27th October, 2020: Ellie Griffiths of Oily Cart
Oily Cart reimagines performance for young people to make it more inclusive...
02 March, 2021
20th October, 2020: Marielise Yousseff Aad from the Hammana Artist House in Lebanon
The Hammana Artist House is a multidisciplinary art residency space in Lebanon...
30 October, 2020
13th October, 2020: “Puppets on an Actor’s Stage” with Toby Olié
Gyre & Gimble describe their modus operandi as "puppet permeated performance"...
27 October, 2020
6 October, 2020: Curious Connections
Curious alumnus Hugh Purves introduced us to a new puppet...
26 October, 2020
29th September, 2020: Workshop Tour with Handspring
From their workshop in Cape Town, South Africa...
26 October, 2020
22nd September, 2020: Q&A with Paul Hunter
Paul began with a chat about his career to date, from...
26 October, 2020
15th September, 2020: “Puppetry Outdoors” with Andrew Kim
With Thingumajig Theatre, and the Handmade Parade...
30 September, 2020
8th September, 2020: Q&A with Sue Buckmaster
This week, Theatre Rites' Sue Buckmaster joined us...
25 September, 2020
11th August, 2020: Still Curious Projects
This week, our Curious alumni shared their projects-in-development...
25 September, 2020
4th August, 2020: “Writing A Grant Application” with Joy Haynes
This week, Joy Haynes joined us for a session on writing grant applications...
25 September, 2020
28 July, 2020: “Hold Your Nerve” with Mike Shepherd
Mike Shepherd led a session about the next stage of a creative process...
25 September, 2020
21 July, 2020: “The Dreamer, The Critic & The Realist” with Sarah Wright
This week, Sarah Wright introduced us to an approach that can help to nurture new creative ideas...
07 August, 2020
14 July, 2020: “Mermaid Marionettes” with Stan Middleton
Stan Middleton, of the Puppet Barge, talks us through making a simple marionette using potatoes...
28 July, 2020
7 July, 2020: “Shadows” with Steve Tiplady
Steve's work tends to play with three variants: the light source, the screen and the material...
07 July, 2020
30 June, 2020: “Puppetry, The Brain & The Sensing Body” with Mervyn Millar
Puppet and theatre director Mervyn Millar, of Significant Object...
07 July, 2020
23 June, 2020: “Puppet Directing” with Sarah Wright & “Designing for Theatre” with Wise Children
This week’s session opened with a talk by Sarah Wright on puppet direction and making...
30 June, 2020
16 June, 2020: “Simplifying Movement” with Toby Olié
Puppeteer and maker Toby Olié talked the students through designing and making...
30 June, 2020
9 June, 2020: “Seeing & Drawing” with Lyndie Wright
For the first instalment in our 10-week series...
15 June, 2020
Week 1
Emma King here; welcome to my ramblings. Yes, I have decided to write a blog...
11 June, 2017
Week 2
We are into week two of Curious. The course is pretty intensive...
11 June, 2017
Week 3
Day 13: Ribs and Rods. After a lovely movement workshop, we explored...
11 June, 2017
Week 4
Day 19: Juggling Worms. Today was a day of endings and beginnings...
11 June, 2017
Week 5
Day 25: Life Drawing. Today was a bit of a different day at school...
11 June, 2017
Week 6
Day 31 : Getting our puppet brains back in gear. So after a week’s break...
11 June, 2017
Week 7
Day 37: Construction, lots still to do! Today is our last day with Lyndie...
11 June, 2017Week 8
Day 43: Talking with the Hands. Today we had Iestyn Evans showing us...
11 June, 2017
Week 9
Day 49: Isolation of movement. We began today with a movement workshop with Avye Leventis...
11 June, 2017Week 10
Day 55: Projects. Today was our last day working on projects...
10 June, 2017
