BLOOD & BONE by Cicada Studios
Part political satire, part pixar movie combined into a dark & cheeky adult puppet show.
A colorful, kooky and downright dirty puppetry show premiered at VAULT Festival ‘17, after ddevelopment through The Barbican and RichMix OpenLab programme.
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The ensemble cast of four performers executed various forms of puppetry and challenge the notion that puppetry is just a medium for children;
In an abandoned greenhouse Ash, a heroic fern, Clover a soon-to-bloom flower and Braxlin, a sturdy hedge, will have to battle their way to the front garden to avoid being mulched to make space for a Hot Tub.
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The three friends will have to work together to fight Narcoleptic Sunflowers, Vegetables on benefits and Donald Stump on their path to freedom. But will the appearance of a busty Rose jeopardise their chances of escape? Blood & Bone combines puppets, puns and poor taste to guarantee you’ll soil yourself. After all: Life’s a prick.
VAULT FESTIVAL 2017 SELL OUT SHOW
Praise for Blood & Bone
“ I only wish that I could watch these plants on a weekly basis; so that I would be constantly updated as to what shenanigans they get up to.”
The Plays The Thing
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“This play has a bit of everything: musical numbers, sex, drugs, and German techno-loving mushrooms.”
Culturised
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“lightly peppered with political satire and heavily drenched in sexual filth.”
Scattered Opinion
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"There’s something fascinating about the way Rebecca Blake’s direction manages to weave in concepts of transcending the boundaries between puppet and puppeteer"
BakchormeeBoy
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CREATIVE TEAM
Director – Rebecca Blake
Associate Director – Angus Wilkinson
Producer – Heather Ralph
Puppet Designer – Oliver Smart
Stage Manager & Maker – Evie Holdcroft
Original Concept Design by Becky-Dee Trevenen
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Devised by The Company with Angus Wilkinson and Joe Law
Script Edited by Ella Cook and Rebecca Blake
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CAST
Tea Poldervaart, Ella Cook, Miles Sloman, Liam Steward George
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