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Manipulate festival - Puppetry and animation festival avoids the P word

Manipulate festival - Puppetry and animation festival avoids the P word

Traverse season features cult animation and visually arresting films

14 Jan 2011

Simon Hart is trying not to use the P word. When he describes his annual Manipulate festival, he prefers to call it a celebration of visual theatre (with the teasing strap line: ‘innovative theatre arts for consenting adults’) than to say anything about…

The Last Miner uses puppetry to profound effect

The Last Miner uses puppetry to profound effect

Moving, melancholic puppet show

8 Aug 2010

This inventive show, developed by Tortoise in a Nutshell in association with Catherine Wheels, is short on action, features little dialogue and takes place on the tiny stage of the Hill Street studio theatre. But the tale of an elderly miner, living…

The Last Miner gives children a history lesson

The Last Miner gives children a history lesson

Underground puppetry tells story from the coal era

29 Jul 2010

Once a vibrant industry, British coal mining has been relegated to museum shelves and miner’s memories. But through its atmospheric new show, Tortoise in a Nutshell aims to evoke the feeling of life underground. ‘There’s something almost mythical in…

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