Apart from our ~ 140 annual UK performances
we have also appeared internationally at various venues and festivals:
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2011
Oct
SWITZERLAND:
Marionetten Theater, Winterthur
“Prinzessin Goldenschön”
Oct
AUSTRIA:
Kulturhaus Fiss, Fiss
“Das Erbe des Peter Grimm”
Sept
GERMANY:
Leipzig  +  Elbe-Elster Puppet Festivals
“Die Traumreise der Schildkröte”  + “Theatre 4 1”
Sept
DENMARK:
Bornholm Puppet Festival
“Theatre for One”
April
SWITZERLAND:
Bern Puppet Theatre
“Prinzessin Goldenschön”
2010
Oct.
AUSTRIA:
32. Int. Puppentheater Tage, Mistelbach
“Die Traumreise der Schildkröte”
Oct.
SWITZERLAND:
KuEB Nottwil, Zentrum Sagi
“Die Traumreise der Schildkröte”
July
BELGIUM:
International Puppetbuskersfestival, Gent
“Theatre for One”
May
LUXEMBOURG:
5. Int. Marionetten Theater Festival, Tadler
“Die Traumreise der Schildkröte” + “Theatre 4 1”
May
AUSTRIA:
21. Sommertraumhafen Festival, Wies
“Das Erbe des Peter Grimm”
April
SWITZERLAND:
Bern Puppet Theatre
“Die Traumreise der Sch.” + “Ds Grimm-Dings”
2009
Oct.
SWITZERLAND:
Marionetten Theater, Winterthur
“Dr Rägebogewald”
Oct.
ITALY:
Festival “Incanti” 2009, Turin
“Theatre for One”
June
FRANCE:
Festiv’eau 2009, Noisy-le-Grand, Paris
“Theatre for One”
May
FINLAND:
6th Black & White Theatre Festival, Imatra
“The am-A-zing Thing” + “Theatre for One”
Jan.
SWITZERLAND:
Swiss Tour, various Puppet Theatres
“Die Traumreise der Schildkröte”
2008
Oct.
AUSTRIA:
30. Int. Puppentheater Tage, Mistelbach
“Das Erbe des Peter Grimm” + “Theatre for One”
Oct.
SWITZERLAND:
Bern Puppet Theatre
“Dr Rägebogewald”
Sept.
GERMANY:
10. Elster-Elbe Festival + Radeberg
“Das Erbe des Peter Grimm” + “Dan’s Baby”
May
LUXEMBOURG:
4. Int. Marionetten Festival, Lëtzebuerg
“Ds Grimm-Dings” + “Theatre for One”
Jan.
SWITZERLAND:
Bern Puppet Theatre
“Ds Grimm-Dings” + “Violetto der Verwandler”
2007
Sept.
IRELAND:
Dublin International Puppet Festival
“The am-A-zing Thing”
April
GERMANY:
1. Int. Puppentheater Festival, Wolfsburg
“Street Theatre”
Jan.
SWITZERLAND:
Swiss Tour, “Von hier nach dort”
“Ds Grimm-Dings”
2006
Sept.
GERMANY:
9. Int. Märchentage Bottrop
“Das Erbe des Peter Grimm”
March
SWITZERLAND:
Bern Puppet Theatre
“Dr Rägebogewald”
2005
Sept.
GERMANY:
Über alle Berge Festival, Kassel
“Street Theatre”
Sept.
GERMANY:
8. Int. Puppentheatertage Bottrop
“Street Theatre / Regenbogenwald”
Jan.
SWITZERLAND:
Swiss Tour
“Violetto der Verwandler” + “Die Wilden Puppen”
2004
Oct.
AUSTRIA:
26. Int. Puppentheater Tage, Mistelbach
“Violetto der Verwandler”
Oct.
SWITZERLAND:
Winterthur Marionetten Theater
“Violetto der Verwandler”
Jan.
SWITZERLAND:
Bern Puppet Theatre
“Die Wilden Puppen”
2003
Sept.
CZECH REP.:
Dolni Poustevna Festival
“The Rainbow Forest”
Sept.
GERMANY:
Elster-Elbe Festival and Radeberg
“Der Regenbogenwald”
July
IRELAND:
Galway Arts Festival
“Puppets in the Wild”
Jan.
SWITZERLAND:
Swiss Tour
“Rägebogewald” + “Lizzie’s Moon”
2002
Oct.
AUSTRIA:
24. Int. Puppentheater Tage, Mistelbach
“Der Regenbogenwald”
2001
Sept.
GREECE:
Euro-Pup-Eco, Athens
“The Rainbow Forest”
Jan.
SWITZERLAND:
Swiss tour
“Dr Rägebogewald”
2000
May
GERMANY:
Europäisches Puppen Festival, Hamburg
“Rainbow Forest”+“Lizzi’s Moon”
1999
April
SWITZERLAND:
Swiss Tour
“Dr Meerbueb”
1998
Jan.
SWITZERLAND:
Swiss Tour
“Dr Meerbueb”
1995
Oct.
IRELAND:
Graffiti Festival, Cork
“When I met Skark” & “The Fairy Flute”
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PRODUCTIONS
(since 1987)
2010  Ugly Beauty
2007  Journey of Turtle
2006  The am-A-zing Thing
2003  The Shapechanger
2002  Puppets in the Wild
2000  The Rainbow Forest
1998  Lizzie’s Moon
1997  The Last of the Trolls
1995  The Melting Princess
1995  The Third Key
1994  When I met Skark
1993  The Fairy Flute
1992  The Magic Berry
1991  The Coloured Land
1990  The Dreamer & other stories
1988  Ds’ Farbeland
1987  Prinzessin Klischandra

STREET THEATRE
2010  Belly Bug
2005  Dan’s Baby & Riverbed Dive
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SKIPTON 
PUPPET FESTIVAL
Liz and Daniel are also the 
Directors of the biennial International Skipton 
Puppet Festival. 
www.skiptonpuppetfestival.co.uk

SKIPTON
PUPPET FESTIVAL
Liz and Daniel are also the
Directors of the biennial International Skipton
Puppet Festival.
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THE COMPANY

Lempen Puppet Theatre Company, founded in 1987, is one of Britain’s great touring theatre companies. They tour extensively all over the UK, and have appeared at various festivals, theatres and schools in Ireland, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Greece, Finland, France, Italy and the Czech Republic.

Professionally trained in puppetry, mime, music, mask and sculpture, they specialise in modern

day myths that connect the imagination to real and contemporary issues.

Lyrical and absorbing puppet plays, for theatres, schools and the street, underlined with original music, form the backbone of their style and they are committed to producing entertaining, quality theatre for children and family audiences.

The company is; Liz and Daniel Lempen. Daniel, originally working in tourism hails from the mountains of Switzerland, while Liz, a fine art graduate, enjoyed most of her upbringing in Herefordshire. Since 1994 they have lived, together with their children in Skipton, North Yorkshire.

They are mainly a touring theatre company performing their own work. But also make and direct for other companies, do workshops, and are the directors for the Skipton International Puppet Festival. See below for further details.

 

“Puppets in the Wild” fully deserved the sell out audience it attracted.

A real treat for the half term. Clever audience participation with

the usual high standard of puppetry!”

Simon Pugh, Bloxwich Library Theatre, Walsall

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“LEMPEN PUPPET THEATRE COMPANY always

makes things magic - a very special quality!”

Rachel Feldberg, Ilkley Literature Festival 05

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“In the ShapeChanger Liz Lempen charmingly continues the company’s tradition of

beautifully crafted shows, delivered with style and control!”

Alistair Winch, Creative Arts East

 

 

WORKSHOPS & PUPPET MAKING COMMISSIONS

 

Liz and Daniel also offer various workshops for Schools, Colleges etc...

and Liz has produced various puppets for other theatre companies and

film studios.

                                                  

See: COMMISSIONS ARCHIVE