The inaugural Tunbridge Wells Puppetry Festival is to be held next Saturday, 10 October 2015.
One of the features is a specially commissioned piece, funded by the Arts Council, called An Account Of The State Of That Place (or How to Drink a Glass of Water).
Tonbridge Wells has long been a spa town, of course, so dramaturg Jennie Buckman has taken that as her starting point to recount the history, characters and cultural back ground of the town in the late Georgian period.
The piece draws direct inspiration from the language present in British Folk Art; sound, literature and images., and is particularly inspired by the 18th century works of local printer and bookseller Jasper Sprange (particularly “The Tunbridge-Wells guide, or an account of the ancient and present state of that place”) and ‘the tailor of Frant’, George Smart.
Puppets have been created specially for the production.
The show is free but hurry, tickets are disappearing fast. The company hopes to transfer the show to London later in the year.
Other highlights of the festival are
- An opportunity to meet Joey from the National Theatre’s award-winning WAR HORSE
- Trinity Theatre’s Fen Boy
- Unexpected Places Workshop
An Account Of The State Of That Place (or How to Drink a Glass of Water).
Creator & Director: Pedro Ribeiro www.stagedirector.net
Dramaturg: Jennie Buckman www.jenniebuckman.com
Designer: Rui Rodrigues www.rodriguesruister.wix.com
Composer: Tom Hartley-Booth www.tomhartleybooth.com
Singer & Actress: Tania Azevedo www.taniazevedo.com
Puppeteer: Sara Henriques www.sarahenriques.pt.to
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