Spooky Folk – for adults and brave children. A collection of short shadow-puppet pieces with filmed atmospheric backgrounds and soundtracks; based on macabre English, Scottish and Irish folk songs about women, and sung by unusual singers: Nos. 1 – 3 available as a live puppet shows, or on film – for festivals, theatres, and cabaret …read more…
A film by Nutmeg Puppet Company with music by Jane Wells. Psyche, the youngest and prettiest of the king’s three daughters, attracts the attention of the naughty god Cupid, and the raging jealousy of his mother Venus. Abandoned by her lover, alone and pregnant, Psyche must carry out 3 dangerous trials, and go down to …read more…
At 15 mins, our shortest available show! Famous Five Birds – the show – was created as part of a project involving children from 10 schools; a puppeteer and maker (Meg Amsden); a composer (Nathan Williamson); a poet (Matt Howard); two bird experts (Steve and Kathy Piotrowski); a video maker (Debra Hyatt); a bird song …read more…
Puppets by Nutmeg were included in Gourna Film’s ‘Bewicks Mambo’ directed by Peter Snow, filmed at the Literary and Philosophical Society Library, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2008. [slideshow_deploy id=’2665′] Photo© Mark Pinder