PUPPET MAKERS
Premiered as a UK-wide tour in 2021. Featuring the Sherman Brothers' original songs like "Portobello Road" and "The Age of Not Believing," alongside new music and lyrics by Neil Bartram and a book by Brian Hill. The story followed the orphaned Rawlins children evacuated to the countryside who encounter the apprentice witch Eglantine Price, leading them on magical adventures.
Directors: Candice Edmunds and Jamie Harrison.
Original Songs: The Sherman Brothers (from the movie).
New Music and Lyrics: Neil Bartram.
Book: Brian Hill.
Set and Illusion Design: Jamie Harrison.
★★★★★
“Puppets are used excellently throughout the show... They’re wonderful and beautifully designed..... each puppet really comes to life.”
- WhatsOnStage, 28th Aug 2021
It was an exciting opportunity to bring some iconic Disney characters to life on the Westend. Our work was praised for bringing the animals in the show to life and for its overall design.
The Stitches and Glue team created a huge array of puppets for the show:
Fluorescent fish puppets for the underwater lagoon scene.
Large puppets of animals such as a lion and a bear for scenes on the magical island.
Transforming characters into rabbits using ingenious animated puppets.
Norton, A large mechanised "goblin fish" The MC of the underwater ballroom.
Angela the mechanical secretary bird.
In the workshop
