The Festival of Puppetry is the UK’s foremost international puppetry festival, celebrating puppetry and animation in all its forms on stage and on screen. Bristol seems to enjoy a non-conformist, highly individualistic yet cooperative spirit. That puppetry and animation should find its ground zero UK here should be no surprise.
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★★★★★ What a difference the sun makes! Although the downpours of last year’s inaugural Downs Festival failed to dampen the enthusiasm of a crowd determined to enjoy a culminating set from Massive Attack, this year’s vibe felt almost beach-like – with warm rays beaming down on a happy 27,000 sell-out crowd.
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★★★☆☆ Sara Kestelman brought the role palpable belligerence, but also convinced with a performance that exposed Shepherd’s vulnerability and potpourri of delusions – where God and the Highway Code seemed to collide – with just enough nouse to hold off officialdom, but at a loss as to her toilet.
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★★★★★ Occasionally, when all the elements that go into making theatre come together successfully, there can be alchemy, an enchantment that lifts a production to a level where it not only delivers delightful story telling, but also elicits a deeply emotional response from an audience. In a production that has been beautifully and lovingly crafted, these ‘flying lovers’ will live on in your memory for a long time to come.
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★★★★☆ Backed with atmospheric lighting, original songs delivered with lovely harmonies, and a simple yet imaginative set that cleverly reflected the way LEGO was taking over the town, this was great theatre by some highly dedicated and skilled new followers of the art.
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