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Michael Rosen joins in Monkey’s June rehearsals

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Things are moving quickly here at PuppetCraft HQ for our new show Monkey!

Our rehearsals stepped up a notch in late June as children’s author and Monkey! script writer Michael Rosen came down to Devon for two days to join in rehearsals and put the final touches to his two scripts: Monkey! (for children aged 4+) and SuperMonkey (ages 3-5).

Michael looks like he is about to become a flying superhero!

The string puppet stage is constructed.

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Smile please!

Monkey, Michael and the rest of the creative team looking rather serious.

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Monkey getting a look in as Michael writes the script.

MONKEY swings into action!

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Work is well underway on our new show, MONKEY!

John has been carving new puppets in the workshop round the clock – monkey puppets, heads, hands, feet… and has even been working on a giant head.

Head carving


Monkey having costume fitted to legs

Making of “Big Head”.

John has also been working with an amazing Chinese brush painting artist, Li Xiao Bai, who lives in Plymouth. He has been creating original images for the show:

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John is not alone on his quest to make the show:
Martin is making the “Big Face”, Sarah is making a dragon, Sue is doing all the fabric work, Jo is drawing a comic book, Rachel is composing music, Joanna is making an egg and fish, Jane has carved many hands and feet, Mike has made close to a dozen monkeys, Archi and Brian are welding and jointing the stage, Libby is making paper-cuts as shadow puppets and Jen is keeping you up to date with the show’s progress on social media… wow what a lot of work being done by a lot of people!

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Mike and his troupe of monkeys!

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Sarah and her dragon sketches