“As I was walking down the beach, one bright and sunny day,
I saw a great big wooden box, a-floating in the bay.
I pulled it in and opened it up, and there to my surprise,
I discovered a ...?..?..?... right before my eyes!”
What’s in the box? A strange and weird thing? Something terrible, or a thing
of beauty?
Storyteller, Peter Grimm opens the box to find the ‘Thing’ that takes him on
an unusual journey that weaves it’s way through a medley of well known
Brother Grimms' tales, to finally unlock his imagination and free his stories.
A truly original story told with puppets, acting and live music.
Fun, inspiration and delight for all the family.
Peter Grimm is a descendent of the famous brothers Grimm. He has inherited the tradition of his ancestors and tells the Grimms' stories as they have been written down 200 years ago. But, with his inheritance also comes a ghost. The brothers locked something away in a box when they wrote down and fixed the stories. They threw the box into the sea, and now that something, that rogue and wild element of story, has returned with the tide. Peter opens the box and sets free the am-A-zing thing to add it’s influence in the sea of stories.
I saw a great big wooden box, a-
I pulled it in and opened it up, and there to my surprise,
I discovered a ...?..?..?... right before my eyes!”
What’s in the box? A strange and weird thing? Something terrible, or a thing
of beauty?
Storyteller, Peter Grimm opens the box to find the ‘Thing’ that takes him on
an unusual journey that weaves it’s way through a medley of well known
Brother Grimms' tales, to finally unlock his imagination and free his stories.
A truly original story told with puppets, acting and live music.
Fun, inspiration and delight for all the family.
Peter Grimm is a descendent of the famous brothers Grimm. He has inherited the tradition of his ancestors and tells the Grimms' stories as they have been written down 200 years ago. But, with his inheritance also comes a ghost. The brothers locked something away in a box when they wrote down and fixed the stories. They threw the box into the sea, and now that something, that rogue and wild element of story, has returned with the tide. Peter opens the box and sets free the am-
“The solo performer, in a remarkable tour-de-force, sings and plays harmonica
and banjo, provides all the puppet voices, manipulates a variety of glove and
rod puppets and moves around the boxes that operate as his playboards.”
Buxton Puppet Festival 2006, by Matthew Isaac Cohen
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rod puppets and moves around the boxes that operate as his playboards.”
Buxton Puppet Festival 2006, by Matthew Isaac Cohen
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Suitability: 5+ / families
Duration: 55 minutes
Direction: Caroline Astell-Burt
Music: Daniel Lempen
Duration: 55 minutes
Direction: Caroline Astell-
Apart from touring all over the UK, 'The am-A-zing Thing'
has also been performed internationally as ‘Das Grimm-Dings ’ or ‘Das Erbe des Peter Grimm’ in:
AUSTRIA: 2008 30. Puppentheatertage Mistelbach
GERMANY: 2008 10. Elbe-Elster Puppentheaterfestival
LUXEMBOURG: 2008 4. Int. Marionetten Theater Festival, Lëtzebuerg
SWITZERLAND: 2008 Bern Puppet Theatre
SWITZERLAND: 2007 Various Theatres
GERMANY: 2006 9. Int. Märchentage Bottrop
AUSTRIA: 2008 30. Puppentheatertage Mistelbach
GERMANY: 2008 10. Elbe-
LUXEMBOURG: 2008 4. Int. Marionetten Theater Festival, Lëtzebuerg
SWITZERLAND: 2008 Bern Puppet Theatre
SWITZERLAND: 2007 Various Theatres
GERMANY: 2006 9. Int. Märchentage Bottrop
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