Adult Shows
Little Edie
Pickled Image (Bristol)
Fri 26 - Sat 27 Aug
8pm
Factory Theatre
£15 (£10 conc)
From deep within the twisted grip of knotted vines Little Edie peers out. It's 30 years since she was invited to a high society ball and Mother, Big Edie, won’t leave her bed anyway…
Inspired by the documentary Grey Gardens, this is a show full of fantasy, tragedy and unconditional love.
Prototype: Experiments in Puppetry
Theatre Bristol & Tobacco Factory Theatre
Sun 28 Aug 8pm
Factory Theatre
£3
Expect an informal event presenting you with up to 5 mini-shows in one evening. Each mini-show is a new idea – bravely brought out to be tested in front of you, the audience. Everyone is also welcome to join the puppeteers at a question and answer session at the end of the night. Over a glass of wine of course.
The Seas of Organillo
Stephen Mottram (UK)
Mon 29 Aug 8pm
Factory Theatre
£15 (£10 conc)
The ancient seas of Organillo are warm and mysterious. This is where babies are made. Stephen Mottram conjures up a beautiful, sexy world to tell this oldest of all stories.
The astonishing music by Sebastian Castagna contains recordings of a miniature street organ - an ‘Organillo’ - made by Stephen himself.
Triptych
Wattle & Daub Figure Theatre (Bristol)
Tue 30 Aug 8.15pm
Wed 31 Aug 6pm
The Brewery
£12 (£9 conc)
Three stories about love, loss and letting go. With an original score featuring a 4-piece jazz combo, Triptych fuses innovative storytelling with a distinctive combination of visual theatre, puppetry and masks. Magical, lively and somewhat dark.
Baby Universe
Wakka Wakka (USA)
Wed 31 Aug 8pm
Thur 1 Sept 6pm
Factory Theatre
£15 (£10 conc)
Sometime in the future: The angry sun is in his final days; the planets are scorched; the few remaining souls resort cannibalism.
In a race against the clock, scientists create baby universes in the hope of birthing a planet that can support the entire population.
The Table
Blind Summit (UK)
Thur 1 Sept 4pm & 8.15pm
The Brewery
£12 (£9 conc)
Told with few words and beautiful puppets this story combines the dark humour of Beckett with the flat-pack technology of Ikea.
Blind Summit get back to their Low Life roots after creating puppetry for Anthony Minghella's Madam Butterfly and their sell out adaptation of 1984.
The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik:
Deep Sea Explorer
Weeping Spoon (Australia)
Fri 2 Sept 6pm
Sat 3 - Sun 4 Sept 2pm & 6pm
The Brewery
£12 (£9 conc)
The seas have risen and people live atop skyscrapers or mountains and Alvin Sputnik must journey through the depths of the sea to find a new place for everyone to live. A touching story of enduring love and the end of the world.
The Writer
Ulrike Quade Company, Jo Strømgren Kompani and Nordland Visual Theatre (NL)
Fri 2 Sept 8pm
Factory Theatre
£15 (£10 conc)
A Nobel Prize winner for literature is accused of betraying his homeland. Where did it all go wrong?
A researcher talks to the writer, Knut Hamsun, and asks him about his life. Through humour, virtuoso puppetry and music the person behind the mask is revealed.
Schicklgruber, alias Adolf Hitler
Stuffed Puppet (NL)
Sat 3 - Sun 4 Sept 8pm
Factory Theatre
£15 (£10 conc)
In a claustrophobic bunker, the impending Nazi downfall hangs over the forced merriment of the Führer's birthday party. As explosions shake the ceiling, Hitler gets agitated about his cake.
When suicide becomes inevitable, a decision must be made about the children. Hitler is more worried about his dog...
