Puppetry Design, Making and Direction
Dr. Dolittle
Touring the UK for 2019, these puppets are delighting audiences across the country, in this wonderful revival of Leslie Bricusse’s…
Beauty & the Beast
Nick was puppetry designer and director for the Chichester Festival Youth Theatre production of Beauty and the Beast. Directed by Dale…
Angels in America
The Angels Wings for the National Theatre’s much lauded revival of Tony Kushner’s award winning play, directed by Marianne Elliot….
Gnomus
A return to the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. Commissioned by the Ten Pieces team as a follow…
The Lorax
The wonderfully grumpy yet endearing Lorax puppet, created for the show The Lorax, written by David Greig and directed by Max…
BBC Ten Pieces – The Firebird
This giant firebird puppet was created for the BBC Ten Pieces prom at the Royal Albert Hall. It soared gracefully…
Mr Popper’s Penguins
Penguin puppets and puppetry direction for Pins and Needles musical adaptation of the 1930’s book Mr Popper’s Penguins. Produced by…
The First Hippo On the Moon
Collaborating with Finn Caldwell and Les Petits Theatre Company (Les Enfants Terribles) to devise and create this adaptation of David…
The Tempest
Designed by Rae Smith, this puppet was for a new ballet of The Tempest, choreographed by David Bintley for Birmingham Royal Ballet.
Running Wild
Orangutans, an elephant and a tiger puppet for Running Wild at Chichester Festival Theatre. I was brought on board by Toby Olie…
Ariodante
A carved wooden Bunraku style puppet for Richard Jones 2014 production of Ariodante at the award-winning opera festival in the…
The Magic Flute
Hoopoe bird puppets for Bregenzer Festspiele, Austria. These striking puppets were for the 2014 production of The Magic Flute. They…
Madame Butterfly
Contemporary bunraku style puppets for Anthony Minghella’s Olivier Award winning production of Madame Butterfly. Performed at the ENO, Lithuanian National…
El Gato Con Botas
Puppets designed and made for Blind Summit’s collaboration with Tectonic Theatre and Gotham Chamber Opera in New York, directed by…
A Dog’s Heart
Created at the Dutch National Opera in collaboration with Sindy Buissink, this larger than life skeletal dog puppet was at…
Faeries
Will Tuckets ‘Faeries’ created for the Royal Opera House combined dance, puppetry and music. The Blind Summit puppets were all…
Call of the Wild
Blind Summit worked with students on the puppetry course at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama to adapt…
Danny 306 + me (4ever)
Set, costume and puppet designs for the musical play by David Greig. Directed by John Tiffany at The Traverse Theatre,…
Hansel & Gretel
Set and Costume Design for Hansel & Gretel Värmland Opera, Karlstad Teater, Sweden. Directed by Vernon Mound.
Two Sisters and a Piano
Set and Costume design for Nilo Cruz’s hauntingly atmospheric and moving play which vividly evokes the Cuban spirit at a…
Familyman
Set and costume design for ‘Familyman’ by Rikki Beadle Blair at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. Directed by Dawn Reid.
West Side Story
Set and Costume Design for West Side Story. Tiroler Landestheater, Innsbruck, Austria. Directed by Vernon Mound.
