Upcoming Curious events
An exhibition of Puppetry by Lyndie Wright
28 November - 10 December 2023
Tuesday - Sunday (Closed on Mondays)
Lyndie’s Workshop
12 Dagmar Passage
London N1 2DN
Join us for a mesmerizing journey into the enchanting world of puppetry, celebrating the work of Lyndie Wright.
In addition to celebrating Lyndie's remarkable career, the exhibition serves a dual purpose by fundraising for a new roof for her workshop. The workshop stands as a symbol of the artistic hub where imaginative creations of many artists come to life, and the campaign aims to ensure its longevity and continued contribution to the world of UK puppetry.
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Lyndie founded the Little Angel Theatre with her husband John Wright in 1961. She still works in her workshop next door where she has designed and made world renowned puppets ever since.
For Little Angel: Petrushka, Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, The Singing Mermaid, Paper Dolls, Cindermouse and Angelo. Kneehigh: The Tin Drum, Brief Encounter, Hansel and Gretel, Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Shakespeare’s Globe: The Little Matchgirl, A Midsummer Night's Dream. RSC: Venus and Adonis, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Antony and Cleopatra, The Canterbury Tales.
Other Theatres include Opera North: The Magic Flute. NT: Coram Boy. Polka Theatre: Paddington Bear, Stuart Little. Brandenburg Theatre, Germany: Tranquilla Trampeltreu.
Curious SOUP Night: Louise Gold
Our ✨final✨SOUP Night speaker of the series is 🥁🥁🥁 puppeteer, actor & singer Louise Gold! Louise puppeteered and did voice acting for programmes such as The Muppet Show, Sesame Street and The Dark Crystal. She was also a founder of, and lead puppeteer for, the television show Spitting Image from 1984 to 1986.
Curious SOUP Night: Mike Shepherd
Mike Shepherd talks about a lifetime of using puppets in theatre!
Curious SOUP Night: Andrew Kim
Andrew Kim from Thingumajig Theatre is this week’s SOUP night speaker! The title of his talk is “Puppets Playing Out(side)” Why Andrew Kim loves Giant Puppets and Masquerades!
Curious SOUP Night: Toby Olié
From Sketchbook to Stage: Creating the Impossible
with puppetry director and designer Toby Olié
Curious SOUP Night: Adébayo Bolaji
Adébayo Bolaji speaks about developing new ways to express creative ideas. The talk is called SIGNS & IMPROVISATION.
Curious SOUP Night: Shirley May
For our second soup night of the season 🥣, we invite poet Shirley May to share her experience as Founder and Artistic Director of Young Identity, a Manchester-based literature and performance arts charity whose mission is to nurture, develop and champion the voices and creativity of diverse young people through literature, writing and performance. The title of May’s talk is ‘16 years to NPO*’
Curious SOUP Night: Sue Buckmaster
🥣 Curious School of Puppetry’s Thursday SOUP nights are BACK! 🥣
Join us at our new home in St Barnabas Hall (Dalston) every Thursday for the next 8 weeks!
Our inaugural speaker is 🥁🥁🥁 Sue Buckmaster, artistic director of Theatre-Rites!!
The title of Sue’s talk is What sort of Puppetry Practitioner do you want to be?
Building a puppet with Lyndie Wright
A six day intensive Table Top Puppet Making workshop in London led by Lyndie Wright.
The Solo Puppeteer
Being a solo puppeteer raises many questions…
What’s my relationship to the puppets? How do I operate multiple characters at the same time? How do I keep the story alive while dealing with the technical stuff? And how do I create when working alone?
Rene Baker’s new online course ‘The Solo Puppeteer’ will explore all of these topics.
Poetry x Puppetry Workshop (for Global Majority practitioners only)
A FREE 1 day workshop of creative play specifically for Global Majority writers, poets and theatre makers in and around Leicester who want to know what puppetry can bring to their work…
Curious in conversation with: Andrew Kim
Andrew Kim will be chatting to Curious graduate Sascha Gilmour and friend of Curious Aya Nakamura.
Developing the Puppet's Character
How do we understand the personality of a puppet? Join master of puppetry Rene Baker for our next digital course: Developing the Puppet’s Character
Poetry x Puppetry Workshop (for Global Majority practitioners only)
A FREE 1 day workshop of creative play specifically for Global Majority writers, poets and theatre makers in and around Bradford who want to know what puppetry can bring to their work…
Poetry x Puppetry Workshop (for Global Majority practitioners only)
A FREE 1 day workshop of creative play specifically for Global Majority writers, poets and theatre makers in and around Leeds who want to know what puppetry can bring to their work…
Get Curious course
Join the Curious School of Puppetry on Get Curious, our 5-week taster course for people new to puppetry.
Curious Voice for puppeteers
Curious School of Puppetry and Work.Your.Voice present a new 5-session voice course tailored especially for puppeteers.
Cinderella Ashputtel
This stylish and playful, inventive and imaginative reworking of the Cinderella story will delight both young and old. Part of The Festival of Curious Puppetry 2020.
The Festival of Curious Puppetry (2020)
Join us for a festival of performances, Soup Nights and our Exhibition of Puppetry!
Past Events
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2023
- 9 Nov 2023 – 11 Nov 2023 Curious Puppets Festival 9 Nov 2023 – 11 Nov 2023
- 8 Mar 2023 – 9 Mar 2023 Curious 2023 Project Sharings 8 Mar 2023 – 9 Mar 2023
- 2 Mar 2023 Curious SOUP Night: Louise Gold 2 Mar 2023
- 23 Feb 2023 Curious SOUP Night: Mike Shepherd 23 Feb 2023
- 16 Feb 2023 Curious SOUP Night: Andrew Kim 16 Feb 2023
- 9 Feb 2023 Curious SOUP Night: Toby Olié 9 Feb 2023
- 2 Feb 2023 Curious SOUP Night: Adébayo Bolaji 2 Feb 2023
- 26 Jan 2023 Curious SOUP Night: Shirley May 26 Jan 2023
- 19 Jan 2023 Curious SOUP Night: Sue Buckmaster 19 Jan 2023
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2022
- 22 Aug 2022 – 27 Aug 2022 Building a puppet with Lyndie Wright 22 Aug 2022 – 27 Aug 2022
- 12 Jan 2022 – 14 Jan 2022 The Solo Puppeteer 12 Jan 2022 – 14 Jan 2022
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2021
- 3 Dec 2021 Poetry x Puppetry Workshop (for Global Majority practitioners only) 3 Dec 2021
- 25 Nov 2021 Curious in conversation with: Andrew Kim 25 Nov 2021
- 24 Nov 2021 – 26 Nov 2021 Developing the Puppet's Character 24 Nov 2021 – 26 Nov 2021
- 12 Nov 2021 Poetry x Puppetry Workshop (for Global Majority practitioners only) 12 Nov 2021
- 11 Nov 2021 Poetry x Puppetry Workshop (for Global Majority practitioners only) 11 Nov 2021
- 29 Sep 2021 – 27 Oct 2021 Get Curious course 29 Sep 2021 – 27 Oct 2021
- 12 Apr 2021 – 10 May 2021 Curious Voice for puppeteers 12 Apr 2021 – 10 May 2021
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2020
- 1 Feb 2020 Cinderella Ashputtel 1 Feb 2020
- 27 Jan 2020 – 14 Mar 2020 The Festival of Curious Puppetry (2020) 27 Jan 2020 – 14 Mar 2020