Wimbledon College of Arts Postgraduate Performances – Shows 2025
November 4–5, 2025 | 4:00 PM – 8:45 PM - Wimbledon College of Arts, Merton Hall Road, London SW19 3QA
Familiar Faces Return to the Stage
Wimbledon College of Arts Postgraduate Performances – Shows 2025
📅 4–5 November 2025
📍 Wimbledon College of Arts, Merton Hall Road, London SW19 3QA
🎟️ Free entry – booking required via Eventbrite
The emerging puppeteers who captivated audiences at our BrUNIMA AGM in June are returning to the stage this November — this time with fully realised works as part of the Wimbledon College of Arts Postgraduate Performances 2025.
Back in June, under the banner “Voices in Motion: Emerging Puppeteers at the BrUNIMA AGM”, we met an extraordinary group of artists from the MA Puppetry course at Wimbledon College of Arts (University of the Arts London). Their inventive, heartfelt pieces gave us a glimpse of the future of puppetry — from poetic table-top dramas to surreal shadow cabarets.
Now, they’re stepping into the spotlight once again, joined by students from the MA Performance: Theatre Making course, for two days of live performance that celebrate imagination, craft, and collaboration.
Programme Highlights
Tuesday 4 November – MA Puppetry
Heimer
⏰ 4:00pm | Theatre
Written & Directed by Jeanzia Guan, MA Puppetry
Puppet Design & Construction: Izzy Jiang & Yunshu Jiang, MA Puppetry
Free | Age guidance: 10+ | Duration: ~30 mins
A dreamlike meditation on memory, transformation, and intimacy told through evocative puppet imagery.
Figments
⏰ 5:45pm | AG09
By Edd Berridge, MA Puppetry
Free | Suitable for all ages | Duration: ~20 mins
A playful, poetic exploration of imagination and reality, where the fragments of dreams begin to take form.
Fragments of the Spirit: Whispers of Renewal
⏰ 6:30pm | Theatre
By Duo Li, MA Puppetry
Free | Age guidance: 10+ | Duration: ~10 mins
A visual fable of renewal and resilience, merging traditional shadow puppetry with contemporary performance.
The Brave Rabbit
⏰ 7:15pm | AG09
By Robin Belcher, MA Puppetry
Free | Age guidance: 7+ | Content warning: mild themes of isolation | Duration: ~15 mins
An inventive fable about courage, companionship, and finding light in moments of loneliness.
The Public Stripping
⏰ 8:00pm | Theatre
By Lily Lamplugh, MA Performance: Theatre Making
Free | Age guidance: 16+
A bold, intimate performance exploring vulnerability and transformation.
Wednesday 5 November – MA Performance: Theatre Making
Venice van(IS)hing
⏰ 2:30pm | Theatre
By Magalì Mariani
Free | Age guidance: 16+ | Contains flashing lights
Deus Ex Carne
⏰ 3:15pm | AG09
By Chloe Adams
Free | Age recommendation: 18+ | Contains mature content
Love Talk
⏰ 4:00pm | Theatre
By Hanna Westling
Free | Age guidance: 12+ | Contains flashing lights | Duration: ~30 mins
The Neuro Garden (Sold Out)
⏰ 4:45pm | AG09
By Hanqi Zhao
Age guidance: 15+ | Contains flashing lights, loud sounds, and audience interaction
Emotion Factory
⏰ 6:30pm | Theatre
By Zhijin Li
Free | Age guidance: 16+ | Themes of horror & flashing lights
Memory Museum
⏰ 7:15pm | AG09
By Shitong Lin
Free | Age guidance: 16+ | Includes references to mental health themes
Theatre
⏰ 8:00pm | Theatre
By Archie Kollhoff-Waldron
Free | Age guidance: 13+
💬 From Bristol to Wimbledon
It’s wonderful to see familiar names — Edd Berridge, Robin Belcher, Duo Li, Jeanzia Guan, Izzy Jiang, and Yunshu Jiang — continuing to develop the work we first encountered in Bristol.
What began as sketches and experiments at the BrUNIMA AGM has grown into fully formed, nuanced performances. These pieces embody the evolution of an art form that thrives on collaboration, materiality, and imagination — and they affirm that the future of puppetry is in good hands.
About the MA Puppetry Programme
MA Puppetry at Wimbledon College of Arts explores and develops the art forms needed for the creation of puppetry — from design and fabrication to performance and dramaturgy.
Led by Tobi Poster-Su, the course bridges traditional craftsmanship with contemporary performance practice. Students work collaboratively to design, devise, and perform original puppet-based works, supported by industry practitioners and critical research.
From September 2026, the course will run as a 12-month, full-time programme, emphasising sustainable and ethical creative practice alongside opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration with other performance and design courses at Wimbledon.
💡 Graduates emerge with professional portfolios and the confidence to shape puppetry’s next chapter — on stage, on screen, and beyond.
🎟️ Booking Information
All performances are free, but tickets must be reserved in advance.
👉 Book via Eventbrite