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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 “amazing thing” to add it’s influence in the sea of stories.
“Its excellence lies squarely on the shoulders of its only performer, Daniel Lempen,
whose skill and delicacy at navigating the plot of the production, as well as playing
whose skill and delicacy at navigating the plot of the production, as well as playing
instruments, singing and manipulating the puppets is truly impressive.”
Lee Callaway, Bristol Evening Post 2011 (Bristol Festival of Puppetry)
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“A really, really good show – the writing was excellent. The performance was
incredibly skilful and energetic. Charismatic and engaging.”
Audience: Beverley Puppet Festival 2008
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“Lempen Puppet Theatre Co. - EXCELLENT in every way!”
Hockwold Village Hall, Norfolk Rural Touring
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“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
Suitability: 5+ / families
Duration: 55 minutes
Direction: Caroline Astell-Burt
Puppets: Liz Lempen
Music: Daniel Lempen
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:
Suitability: 5+ / families
Duration: 55 minutes
Direction: Caroline Astell-
Music: Daniel Lempen
Apart from touring all over the UK, 'The am-
AUSTRIA: 2011 Kulturhaus, Fiss
AUSTRIA: 2010 Sommertraumhafen Festival, Wies
SWITZERLAND: 2010 Bern Puppet Theatre, Bern
FINLAND: .2009 6th Black&White Theatre Festival, Imatra
AUSTRIA: 2008 30. Puppentheatertage Mistelbach
GERMANY: 2008 ...10. Elbe-Elster Puppentheaterfestival
LUXENBURG: 2008 4. Int. Marionetten Theater Festival, Lëtzebuerg
SWITZERLAND: 2007 Various Theatres
SWITZERLAND: 2010 Bern Puppet Theatre, Bern
GERMANY: 2006 9. Int. Märchentage Bottrop
GERMANY: 2006 9. Int. Märchentage Bottrop
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Touring since: 2006
“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.
“As I was walking down the beach, one bright and sunny day,
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.
Fun, inspiration and delight for all the family.
