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Artist and musician Matthew Robins combines music and shadow puppetry in this collection of songs and stories about animals, monsters, sausages, love, death, and the sea, and is joined on stage by puppeteer Tim Spooner.

Matthew has performed his show at the National Theatre and at the Barbican in London, on the BBC and at Tate Britain, at Little Angel Theatre and with Opera North, as well as many UK puppet festivals (Manipulate, Suspense, Newcastle Puppetry Festival).

The show is funny and sad, there will be some made-up games (with prizes), jokes about skeletons, there will be no swearing and no politics, and it is suitable for adults and older children (well behaved younger kids welcome with their families).

“Full of loss and unrequited love, but with a surreal and occasionally snappy humour . . . The whole thing feels like watching a silent movie in which every aspect has been created by a wayward child genius.” - The Guardian

“It’s easy to see why audiences and theatremakers alike are beguiled by this kooky West Country artist. . . Robins’ homespun tales mix the everyday with the surreal and are delivered in a chatty, cosy style . . . illustrated with nothing more than an overhead projector and pieces of cardboard” - The Stage

“What drives his miniaturist universe is the romance of friendship and, as a corollary, an underlying longing to belong. It’s a place of boyhood crushes, loneliness and gentle obsessions that contain an implied tolerance for taking people as they are.” - The Times

Tickets in advance:
Standard: £10
Supported: £8
Under 18s: £5
Family: £25
Tickets may be purchased online 24/7 through the 'Buy Tickets' button on this page, or by calling 01209 312505 (Monday - Friday, 10am - 3pm)
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