A Celebration of Marionettes 2025
Wednesday 3 December 2025 | 5.30pm – 9.15pm - Hosted by Rachel Warr and the Art Workers’ Guild Outreach Committee
A Celebration of Marionettes 2025
Hosted by Rachel Warr and the Art Workers’ Guild Outreach Committee
📅 Wednesday 3 December 2025 | 5.30pm – 9.15pm (Arrive anytime)
📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, London
💫 Free event — booking essential
From our friends at the Art Workers’ Guild
We are delighted to send the link for the marionette event at The Art Workers’ Guild. It has just now gone live. It is a free event but booking is required — booking information is below. There will be displays, talks, and short performances. A ticket is required for entry. If you wish, you can also book for talks and performances.
A Celebration of Marionettes 2025
Rachel Warr and the Art Workers’ Guild Outreach committee invite you to discover and celebrate the world of marionettes.
Join us on Wednesday 3 December for an evening of displays, talks, demonstrations and short performances with marionettes.
Come and explore:
Displays of marionettes, from the beautiful to the experimental
Talks on complex collaborations, apprenticeships and stringed puppets in East Asia
Hands on opportunities to have a go at puppeteering
Hands-on opportunities to make a simple stringed puppet from foraged materials
A selection of short marionette performances from expert performers
Contributors include:
The Puppet Theatre Barge, Stan Middleton, Sarah Vigars, Siân Kidd, Oliver Smart, Roger and Julie Lade, David Curell, Ronnie Le Drew, Alicia Britt, Edie Edmundson, Laura Mathews, Eilidh Bryan, Bori Mezo and others.
Entry to the event is free, but booking is essential as places are limited.
You must book a General Admission ticket to gain entry.
General Admission
Book Here
General admission gives you access to displays, short performances and workshops in the Hall.
Open from 5.30pm, arrive anytime.
Booking is essential.
Programme of talks and performances:
There is an additional programme of talks and performances taking place throughout the evening. Each talk/performance must be booked separately and ticket details can be found below:
Performance Cabaret - Master’s Room Book Here
A miscellany of short marionette performances, performed three times, by expert puppeteers including Ronnie Le Drew, Edie Edmundson and Alicia Britt.
Performance times:
6:00 pm – 6:25 pm
7:00 pm – 7:25 pm
8:00 pm – 8:25 pm
Talks - Gradidge Room - Bricolage
6:30 pm – 7:00 pm
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Twelve makers have been given the challenge of making marionettes using a selection of odd bits, including children’s wooden building blocks, skittles and used playing cards. Join us to find out more about this experiment in making.
Talks - Gradidge Room - Puppet Flutter/ Flight is a Waltz
7:30 pm – 8:00 pm
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Oliver Smart will discuss his creative methodology distilling the essential character of a butterfly in the art work Puppet Flutter/Flight is a Waltz; a collaboration with artist Dominic Harris.
Talks - Gradidge Room - Training the next generation
8:30 pm – 9:00 pm
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How do we attract and support the next generation to specialise in heritage puppetry forms? Alicia Britt will speak about her marionette apprenticeship training and her recent residencies in Taiwan and Vietnam.
NB: Please note that we will be filming and taking pictures at this event. If you are attending and would prefer not to be filmed, please let us know so that we can take appropriate steps to ensure you are not included.
🎟️ Booking Information
Entry: Free, but booking is essential as places are limited.
You must book a General Admission ticket to gain entry.
General Admission – Book Here
Access to displays, short performances, and workshops in the Hall.
Open from 5.30pm, arrive anytime.