Meet the Knicker Chicken! Her debut at @fools_festival in Belfast. Hoping to get more outings for this ball of chaos. Loads of fun, a gorgeous festival in my new city.
Videos and pictures from the Manifest Residency in Belfast a few weeks ago, run by the fabulous @amadanensemble and Alan Richardson from Surge. A hard, gorgeous week with wonderful artists.such a treat to get to work on my own things!
Some photos from my R&D with @theleagueofcuriosity before Christmas. Exploring object puppetry, the secret life of clothes and silliness. Watch this space for our show (after hopefully getting money once I write a million funding applications).
Thank you to @metbury for the space and to @aceagrams for my DYCP
Finally posting about the project i did in Catalonia at the start of last year. I made these fun flower costumes for @cia.atzucac and their new piece, Floripondium. We met while taking part in @spasaponent (which I'd highly recommend to any performers or outdoor artist) and got funding from @culturemoveseurope to bring me to Catalonia. Such a cool opportunity to meet people, see the devising process for the show, and most importantly learn about Catalan culture. These fab performers are Dolça, Vico, Martha, Adam and Alicia. Hope i get to see the piece in 2026!
Queen Aurora and her foxes danced through Leigh on Saturday evening. Huge thank you to @roseoioi and River for being fab assistants throughout this project, and to @katemayaoleary and Ryan for puppeteering. I did batik workshops with @spirix_collective , and they performed in the section. Thanks to @julian.jtaylor for lighting yp Aurora, and thanks to @downtoearthwigan for having us!
Also thanks to Rose's family for taking photos. I was inside the puppet so saw nothing.
A whole summer in a minute. I've been running and planning. I've been to 1 wedding, done 2 parades, 1 walkabout act, 7 puppet shows, 20 workshops, turned 31 and had 4 days off. I've worked with and hung out with lots of lovely people, thank you all. I also documented work consistently for the first time, could do with an Internet break now for a while.
Manchester Pride 2025, almost at the end of my busy busy summer.
Huuuge thanks to Josie from @billowk9 and @delawonk for being my fabulous assistants throughout the make, and to Josie and Harry for helping out on the day.
Stunning choreo by @choreoruth , with her fab dance captains and amazing community dancers.
Thanks to @abbieashall and @manchesterpride for having me back. I'm now going to have a big long lie down.
📷 by Josie, Ruth and Abbie
Some photos of my little walkabout, A Mushroom's World, at Haphazard last weekend at Z Arts. I had lots of fun! Thanks to @carmenarquelladasm for helping me find the games with this character, and to @warnmcr for commissioning me
Manchester Day parade 2025! This parade is the reason I have this job, and the reason I moved to Manchester. It was so nice to have it back after a 2 year break, and I'm very grateful to have worked on it with the fab Filipino community. Thanks to @walktheplankarts for having me!
Puppets just delivered to the Lowry! These were made in collaboration with students from Bedford High School, for their theatre piece about road safety. Can't wait to see them in action!
