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Nearly all puppets complete!

Posted on by Collette Knowles
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Nearly all the puppets are made for the show (just one tiny mouse and various props and backgrounds to go). The ones in the pictures here are from Chicken Licken and The Enormous Turnip stories. Please see the previous 2 posts to see earlier updates about the “Fairytales of Wit, Wisdom and Witchcraft” show.

What I really need to do now is to get my shadow screen and OHP (overhead projector) out and have a play to see how best to use the puppets and put the show together. I will then be able to see what more things need making and Tim Austin and I will be able to put a script together too. Finding a space to do this in is the tricky part at the moment as we do not have a suitable space of our own.

If you would like to book this show we are putting dates in our diary now so please CLICK HERE to get in touch!

We will be visiting The National Science and Media Museum in Bradford on Saturday the 12th with a drop-in Shadow Puppet making workshop and performances of my suitcase shows. This is part of a family day to celebrate the opening of their (long awaited) new “Sound & Vision” gallery space. CLICK HERE for more details.

I am also talking to a festival about a shadow puppetry commission for next year; I won’t go into detail as a funding bid has to be put together. I’ll let you know all about it later if the funding bid is successful.

New Year, New Shows!

Posted on by Collette Knowles
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I am currently working on a brand new shadow puppet show featuring a number of favourite fairy tales which we are calling “Fairytales of Wit, Wisdom and Witchcraft“. It has it’s own webpage with all the details so do CLICK HERE to take a look. It is particularly suited for schools, libraries, studio theatre and other small spaces.

We are taking bookings now for summer 2025 so do get in touch if you are interested!

Here is the promo video below:

Also coming soon are 3 new episodes of “Al and Kai’s Faboo News”. If you’re not already subscribed to the channel you can find it @faboonews on YouTube or at https://www.faboonews.com/

The first new episode will be airing at 9am on Saturday 15th of February and the next 2 on the following 2 Saturdays, plus keep your eyes peeled for Faboo News extras on Wednesdays.

The new episodes will be on the themes of The Great Outdoors, Medicine and Family,(feeling different).

If you want to get involved with the show you can click the “Faboo Yous” tab on the website or if you’re in the Lancaster area on Saturday Feb 1st Faboo News will be at the Fun Palace event at Lancaster library. The event is 12-4pm and I’ll have more specific times for Faboo News activities soon.

In the meantime if you’d like Faboo News to visit your school or community group you can find out more about Faboo Workshops by clicking HERE.

On another note, I recently found a video from a rehearsal of Theatre Mill’s “Sherlock Holmes and the Speckled Band” for which I was commissioned to make the shadow puppets:

If you would like to commission some shadow puppets please get in touch and you can find out more about commissions I have made on our commissions page HERE.