Puppet Animation Festival

In a world where fish have pegs for scales and ships are made out of laundry baskets, Lil One and Odd Sock must battle a scary sea turtle, survive a vicious storm and subdue sticky seaweeds all on their quest to find Odd Sock Island and a place to belong.

‘Nettles in The Garden’ is a show full of joy with inclusion, accessibility, and laughter lying at its heart.

Cat Sith is a high impact outdoor spectacle, centred around a large acrobatic puppet of a Scottish wildcat and it’s pesky pursuer. 

Two lively quirky best friends – Riri and Moku – are confined to a barrel sitting on top of an island of rubbish in the ocean.

STORIES JUST IN CASE……. You can’t go to the theatre
STORIES JUST IN CASE ……… You are in the park….or the school…….in fact any location where you want to find a story, just in case!

From five o’clock Count seven hours, Among the plants, But not the flowers, You’ll meet a friend, But not a mouse, The earth his bed, A hill his house…

SeedHeart tells the important tale of human impact on the environment and questions what we can do to restore our once green planet, with interactive chaos in the laboratory on the way!

A hopeful, adventure story about two very different creatures that must learn to work together. Visual theatre with original music and delightful puppetry.

Aided by their magical Kamishibai, the Japanese storytelling box, storytellers Harriet and Maria lead children and families on a trail of myth and wonder through our precious natural world.

It’s high noon, and the cockerels must crow… draw their guns and go and hide….Do you feel clucky punk?

We have pulled together some of the best independent animation from around the world for children and their families. Inspiring, heart-warming and full of adventure, our programme of miniature tales is suitable for all children from age 3 upwards and their families to watch together. The programme consists of 9 films ranging from 2mins to […]