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OUR WORKSHOPS
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We offer two types of workshops - academic and community.
Our academic workshops teach the fundamental toolkit of a puppeteer through industry-level training and are suitable for pupils from senior school to degree level. We have three different lessons available and these contain a wide and varied range of solo and group exercises that are especially suited to devising modules. Every Paper Puppets member is an industry-working artist and highly experienced facilitator with DBS certification.
Our community workshops create a space where everyone is supported and all voices are heard. In these exciting sessions, we share the key skills of puppetry and guide participants through multiple exercises that promote teamwork and discovery through play. These workshops are suitable for ages 10+, with mixed age group sessions possible.
To learn more about our different workshops, click below.
THE ASSAULT COURSE & DANCE BATTLE
Our Assault Course and Dance Battle challenges let groups practice in exciting scenarios! See below for more details on both.
Students and puppets team up to tackle our exciting ASSAULT COURSE challenge! Inspired by the legendary 'Tough Mudder' competition, teams test their new-found skills as they climb, crawl, and swing their way around the circuit. We use the furniture at your venue to create the track, meaning no two courses are ever the same! Available in both our sessions, this is a highlight of our workshop offer.
Bust out your best moves, it's time to find out who is the best dancer in the room with THE PAPER PUPPETS DANCE BATTLE! Using their choice of music, teams create routines before facing off in the hotly contested battle royale! Expert judges are on hand to score on technique, creativity, and flair before crowning the ultimate winner!
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OUR TEAM
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STEPHEN
CEO & LEAD FACILITATOR
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DAISY
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR
Stephen is an actor, puppeteer, creature artist, and the founder & CEO of Paper Puppets. He has worked with puppets across stage and screen and adores the playful, magical, and often mischievous nature of the beings brought to life! Stephen's credits include; Doctor Who (BBC), Warhorse (The National Theatre), The Crown & Behind Her Eyes (Netflix), The Peripheral (Amazon), The Great (Hulu), Gnomus (Puppets with Guts), Dracula & Princess and the Pea (Proteus Theatre). Stephen's website is: www.stephenlove.co.uk and his pronouns are he/him.
Daisy is an actor, playwright, screenwriter, and puppeteer. Puppetry credits including Alice in Wonderland (UK Tour), Albert’s Wondrous Voyage (Royal Albert Hall), Out of This World (Little Angel Theatre), and Mulan Rouge (The Vaults). Playwright credits: Mr Toad (UK Tour, written for Wise Owl Theatre). Daisy is also a freelance facilitator, educator, and consultant for institutions including Royal Museums Greenwich, The Wallace Collection, Dulwich Picture Gallery, and London Transport Museum. She specialises in workshops for young children and families. Daisy's pronouns are she/her.
LUCAS
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR
Lucas is an actor, puppeteer, and musician who has worked across theatre and television. Lucas trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and his credits include; Warhorse (National Theatre), Kes (Leeds Playhouse), The Butterfly Lion (Chichester Festival Theatre) and Run sister Run (Paines Plough/Sheffield Theatres), Masters of the Air (Apple TV), The Witcher: Blood Origin (Netflix), Casualty and Worzel Gummidge (BBC), Ride Out (Funfar Oy). Lucas's pronouns are he/him.
RU
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR
Ru is a queer, non-binary, multidisciplinary artist from the West Country and the founder of ‘Tailwind Physical Theatre’. Ru creates eclectic ensemble work using elaborate contemporary choreography, puppetry, dynamic sound scores, and text to create transcendent worlds that immerse audiences and are inspired by pressing environmental and socio-economic issues. Ru graduated from East15 Acting schools, BA Acting and Physical Theatre, is trained in Gecko Theatre technique. Ru's pronouns are they/them.
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"From our initial meeting, I knew that Stephen and Lucas were going to provide a carefully prepared, well-planned, and highly skilled workshop for our students and my expectations were surpassed. Bringing their knowledge and skills of puppetry from the West End and beyond, our BA Acting students were challenged, inspired, and left wanting to engage with more puppetry and object manipulation. The workshops give students the tools to explore puppetry further and prepare them for auditions that require puppetry in the future, but also offer the rigour, physical discipline, and storytelling that is required for any actor. I am amazed with what the students were able to create in three days of workshops and the skills that they continue to use since" Ben Buratta - Course Leader BA Acting (Collaborative and Devised Theatre), Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
“Thanks so much, it was such a great workshop. So informative and fun at the same time! The students are still buzzing about it. Both Stephen and Lucas were so engaging and supportive of the students. We had lots of shouts of ‘best workshop I have ever done’. It was inspiring and so thought provoking. Especially the time you took to give advice and support with regards to the Q&A too” Natalie Midworth, Head of Drama, Lytchett Minster Sixth Form
"I thought it was great! It introduced the students to the world of puppetry beautifully, including it's professional and work-based context. It was exciting, fun, and engaging" Rebecca Mutimer, The Burgate School
"We loved those three days and got so much from it... It was the BEST thing we've done all year... Everyone has been talking about it since and we want you to come back to teach again..." Royal Central School of Speech and Drama CTD Students
"Thank you so much for your work, I have heard wonderful things from our students. The images/videos are excellent!" Natasha Harrison - Senior Lecturer, UAL Wimbledon College of the Arts
“Thank you to Stephen and Paper Puppets for delivering a thoroughly engaging and enjoyable community workshop during our Children’s Festival. Extremely professional from planning to delivery, and able to adapt quickly to a brand new group with participants who had never met before. I hope you are able to deliver more workshops with the West End Centre in the future, and would highly recommend Paper Puppets for community workshops” Alana Long, Community Programmes Manager at the West End Centre
"Paper Puppets are an excellent company with a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging workshop offer. I would thoroughly recommend them!" Will Pickering - Engage Co-ordinator, Southampton Mayflower
"Paper Puppets came to St Swithun’s School to deliver a series of workshops aimed to 11 -12 years old. The girls loved every minute of it. Stephen & Lucas delivered well planned sessions which engaged our students with puppetry and object manipulation; to the extent that we have now prepared a project using their techniques" Pepe Gudiño Resendiz – Head of Drama at St Swithun’s School, Winchester
"The workshop was super practical and I loved how we instantly got to apply our new puppetry knowledge in a super fun obstacle course challenge!" Masterclass Theatre Trust workshop participant
"Thanks SO much for coming and sharing your expertise with the students. It's so valuable for them and they all had a fabulous time. Hope to see you again soon" Ruth Oldroyd - Head of Performing Arts, Peter Symonds College