Nutmeg Puppet Company - Recent Productions

The Blooming Weed Child dives down into the Broad to see what the problem is. Beneath the water she finds herself in a different world, where the inhabitants tell her about the stonewort. Will she ever get back to the boat? Will she meet the mysterious Black Panther? And will everyone ever stop arguing about the blooming weed?

Menace of the Mud Monster. The project to clear the mud out of Barton Broad was under way, but no sooner had Ted's dredger pumped a ton of mud out, than more started to creep in from an unknown source. Meanwhile in a nearby pulk-hole the animals and plants struggled to survive as the water grew cloudy and the algae multiplied. In a drastic last attempt to save their lives, the fish enlist the aid of an eccentric weather foreteller, but whose side is she on?

A Butterfly Rover adapted from a true story of the long life and many loves of Margaret Fountaine, an extraordinary Norfolk woman with an adventurous spirit. Born in 1862, she saw the ending of the Victorian mania for collecting things, and was part of the modern era of conservation. A great traveller and avid collector of butterflies (and men!), she recorded everything in her secret diaries, which she illustrated with photographs, drawings, and mementos of her encounters.

	KNOWLITTLE "All my endeavour is to make people believe in and love Nature as I love her." The extraordinary life and times of Arthur Patterson (writer, cartoonist, zookeeper, warehouseman, showman, pupil-teacher, puppeteer, truancy officer but above all recorder of the natural history of his beloved Breydon Water ), as seen through the eyes of his wife Alice and his daughter Nellie. Undaunted by a poverty stricken childhood in 19th century Great Yarmouth, 7 children to support,and chronic lack of funds, our hero corresponds with learned scientists, takes tae and talks birds with his friend the Duchess, and swops tales of poaching and wildfowling aith the almost feral Breydoners. With Arthur's own drawings, original music and projections; two actors and a great variety of puppet characters tell the story of a man whose heart's desire was to be recognised as a "proper naturalist".
	= HEATWAVE ! = "The sun feels hotter than usual this summer in the marshlands & waterways. Some unusual birds have appeared from the south, & tour-guide Karen is worried by the weather forecast. Meanwhile, Billie's too busy messing about in the mud to notice anything's wrong, till he makes an idle wish & finds himself flying on a spoonbill's back to a lake in Africa where the crocodiles are hungry. But this is only the start of his adventures, which end with a mighty flood, a helicopter rescue, & water, water, everywhere.............."
	The Shoe Must Go On! Cinderella - a puppet panto presented by Jack & Rowley comedy duo & their puppet pals with attitude. Zany fun & lots of joining in for 4yrs upwards.
	Windy Old Weather. Nan sings as she hangs out the washing to dry on the windy bank of the river Yare, but her grandson Michael would rather spend his summer holiday playing Tornado Raiders on his computer than listen to her endless tales of ancient smuggling adventures. As he waits for his new wind-turbine kit to arrive, Zephyr picks him up and carries him off into the past and the future, where the mighty force of the wind fills sails, turns mills, spins turbines, wrecks ships, and carries birds, seeds, and insects 1000s of miles across the oceans. Michael is dropped into Jenny's world of wherries, giants, witches and smugglers, where a good wind takes you where you want to go, but an ill wind quickly sends everything spinning out of control." …… Generously sponsored by The Broads Authority.
	Tutu and the Sky Godess. With Nut the Sky Goddess as their guide, Tutu and her cat Tam-iu set off on their journey from the lush and fertile valley of the Nile, via the land of dreams, to the Underworld. There Anubis, the jackal-headed god, weighs Tutu's heart and deeds against the Feather of Truth. Will she escape Amut the devourer of souls, and will her heart be light enough to enter the Afterlife? A show for 5-11 year olds and family audiences.
	The Blooming Weed Child dives down into the Broad to see what the problem is. Beneath the water she finds herself in a different world, where the inhabitants tell her about the stonewort. Will she ever get back to the boat? Will she meet the mysterious Black Panther? And will everyone ever stop arguing about the blooming weed?
	Return of The Copper Flyer. A great gale blows from Holland and with it comes a Large Copper Butterfly anxiously searching for a place to lay her eggs and so re-establish her family in the Broads. But her favourite food-plants in the fen are dying and her fabled beauty has caught the eye of an unscrupulous 'nature lover', Only the bravery and daring of one small girl can save her, but the child is herself a stranger who knows nothing of the fens and their wild and mysterious inhabitants...
	Menace of the Mud Monster. The project to clear the mud out of Barton Broad was under way, but no sooner had Ted's dredger pumped a ton of mud out, than more started to creep in from an unknown source. Meanwhile in a nearby pulk-hole the animals and plants struggled to survive as the water grew cloudy and the algae multiplied. In a drastic last attempt to save their lives, the fish enlist the aid of an eccentric weather foreteller, but whose side is she on?
	A Butterfly Rover adapted from a true story of the long life and many loves of Margaret Fountaine, an extraordinary Norfolk woman with an adventurous spirit. Born in 1862, she saw the ending of the Victorian mania for collecting things, and was part of the modern era of conservation. A great traveller and avid collector of butterflies (and men!), she recorded everything in her secret diaries, which she illustrated with photographs, drawings, and mementos of her encounters.