The organisers of Stone Puppet Festival have launched a four-week crowdfunding campaign in an attempt to raise £3,000 towards the overall cost needed for staging the festival this year.
It is essential they meet this target in order for the festival to go ahead this year, which will be a one-day event scheduled to take place on Saturday 13th August in Stone High Street and the Crown Hotel.
They are inviting people to pledge as little as £1 to fund the campaign – which ends on 28th May – so please spread the word and share this wherever you can so they can build on the success of last year’s puppet festival that so many people benefited from and enjoyed. Over 4,000 people enjoyed puppet shows, workshops and more right in the heart of the town.
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For more information, visit www.stonepuppetfestival.co.uk and see their Facebook page for regular updates and additional information.
[box type=”info” ] Performers for 2016 are planned to be:
Evgeny Koshevsky from Russia presents The Wooden Horse Puppet Theatre
Rough Magic Theatre present Clueless and Wuffless
Noisy Oyster presents the DaSilva Marionette Circus
13-year-old Prof Jo Peek Punch and Judy and marionette shows
Mr Peter Puppets presents George and the Dragon and The Siege of Troy
Sarah Peasgood presents Devil’s Bridge – a unique model theatre show
The Yellow Box Storytellers presents Hansel and Gretel, a marionette performance
Strings and Things
Punch and Judy and marionettes by David Hallows from Barlaston
Cath Connolly presents Marvellous Mice and their Circus
Clive Chandler’s Tip Top Giant Punch & Judy Parade Puppets
Melvyn Rawlinson’s Puppet Making Pavilion – make your own puppets
Exhibition of historical and contemporary puppet theatre[/box]
