We have had a busy run between Halloween and Bonfire Night, to celebrate here is a picture from one of last years Halloween events.
Was he after the pasties or a member of staff?!!!
Paula Bear
This Thursday sees Freya & Gumph make their final appearance as part of Centre Parcs Halloween celebration. Then its off to the puppet retirement home, aka the scrap box, to live out the rest of their days. They have served us well and whilst we are sad to see them go, we have great expectations for their replacements Cornelius and Paula Bear in the Hairy Chairs.2. Cuter characters, better operating system, lighter more performable chairs with inbuilt sound and voice amplification….big things people, big things!
Similarly this Friday sees the last outing for the Goblins in their present incarnation in and around Leigh. Or if you are in Station Square, Lowestoft then keep a weather eye out for Epico and Aurelious performing their penultimate shows of the year from their groovy new tent!
Ahhhh….progress :)
If you go down to the woods today...
Its the down period, the quiet time between the close of the summer season and the opening of the winter festivities. As you can see whilst taking booking for Christmas 2014 we have been hard at work with our programme of re-invention. This October will see the final outings of our Goblins and Hairy Chairs in their current incarnations, the old characters are being retired. In preparation fur and foam have been flying in the workshop.
Goblins Reloaded!
First look at one of the new Goblin Chef characters that will replace our existing pair post Halloween. The Goblins were the first characters that Jamie and I ever built and the founding stone of what would become Creature Encounter, so it was through the conception, building and performance of this pair that we learnt what not to do! Re-inventing them eight years later provides an interesting opportunity to test the principles we have learnt along the way, will they work more if they embody everything we have learnt?