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5 performers on stage. There are multicoloured spotlights. 4 of the performers dance in the space holding big film reflectors. The 5th performer on the left drums on a standing drum.

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Eshu at the Crossroads

New collaboration with choreographer Miguel Altunaga. Touring 2025

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3 performers are in an industrial looking space which has been lit with soft blue and pink and green tones. They are all smiling and jumping in the air. The head of the performer in the middle is completely covered by a spikey inflatable head piece.

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Something in the Air

A co-production with Schauspielhaus Bochum, performing throughout 2024

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4 performers all dressed in white science lab coats and boiler suits stand around Robot Boy who sits on a chair on a podium. He is manipulated by 2 of the performers. There is a large projected image of the puppet on the back wall.
Past

Incredible Tale of Robot Boy

a co-production with Schauspielhaus Bochum in 2019.

ages 6+
Past

Big Up!

A Theatre-Rites co-production with 20 Stories High in 2019.

Available for Touring / ages 4+
A puppet of a black woman in traditional South African clothing in purple, blue and yellow colours. She wears layers of wooden beads around her neck and has a yellow headscarf on with long twigs for hair. She is puppeteered by two performers in blue overalls and headscarfs. They are among green leaves and trees.
In Repertoire

Siyanda

Commissioned by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2018 for the reopening of The Temperate House.

Adapted version possible / ages 4-11
a performer sits on a raft full of orange life jackets, on top of a sheet being manipulated to appear like water.
In Repertoire

The Welcoming Party

A Theatre-Rites, Manchester International Festival, Z-arts and Ruhrtriennale Festival co-production in 2017 & 2018.

ages 8+
Past

The Broke ‘N’ Beat Collective

A Theatre-Rites co-production with 20 Stories High in association with Unity Theatre Liverpool.

Not suitable for under 13s

Digital

The Lost Glove

A short film created by Lizzy Oxby and Sue Buckmaster, featuring the amazing handwork of Theatre Rites' puppeteers.

Robot Boy puppet raises his hand towards his brain which has wires attached which are lit from within his brain.
Past

Animating the Brain

A research project funded by the Wellcome Trust, working with Neuroscientists from KCL.

ages 6+
Sue Buckmaster whispers into the ear of a puppet called Pebble Head. Out of his other ear the words The Puppet Whisperer emerge.
In Repertoire

The Puppet Whisperer

Live masterclass, originally a Theatre-Rites co-production with Little Angel Theatre in 2014.

ages 14+
a shelving unit is lit in bright neon blue. The shelves contain clear jars with objects inside. A group of 4 adults and children look at the jars
Past

Bank On It

Commissioned by the Barbican, Create London, Warwick Arts Centre and the University of Warwick.

ages 5+
4 performers all dressed in white disposable protective suits and yellow rubber gloves with their hands raised looking at a full black bin bag on a table top, waiting to start to unveil its contents.
Past

Rubbish

A co-production with Warwick Arts Centre in association with artsdepot, touring in 2013 and 2014.

ages 5 +
4 performers grapple with lengths of red foam all in front of a square neon red light frame.
Past

Mojo

a Theatre-Rites co-production with the Barbican and Salzburg Festival in 2011 and 2012.

ages 5+
6 performers peer over a large puppet bird which has black feathers and its wings are outstretched. The bird is looking at a white feather.
Past

Paradise

A site-specific production commissioned by the Ruhrtriennale Festival, Germany in 2010.

ages 8+

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