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Children get creative for Stone Puppet Festival

Children at Christ Church First School with their puppets
Children at Christ Church First School with their puppets

Schoolchildren across Stone have been busy making their own puppets for the town’s first puppet festival in August.

The Treasure Trove Puppet Company – who will be performing The Victorian Cinderella in the Crown Hotel ballroom during the festival on 8th and 9th August – have been working in local schools to help children create their own puppets. The puppets will be used to decorate town centre shop windows for festival weekend, or children can use them in the festival grand opening parade on Saturday 8th August.

The workshops – which are being funded through a crowdfunding campaign – have been held at Christ Church, Oulton and Pirehill first schools and Yarlet School. Our photographs were taken at Christ Church First School.

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Stone Puppet Festival takes place in the town centre on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th August, with a packed programme of events, workshops and more. There’s lots of information at www.stonepuppetfestival.co.uk

[box type=”info” align=”aligncenter” ]Tickets for all four indoor shows – Puppet Gruffalo, The Magic of Marionettes, Alice in Wonderland and Cinderella – will go on sale from 11th July and can be obtained (initially) from Home and Colour in the High Street. Adults: £6.50, children £4.50 and family tickets available[/box]

Steve Sharples, right, and Chris Wylie from Treasure Trove Puppet Company
Steve Sharples, right, and Chris Wylie from Treasure Trove Puppet Company

Puppet workshop

 

 

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