SpotOn Festival in Lancashire It has been such a blast this mini tour of Lancashire libraries and community spaces with Ada and her story, The Seven Ravens. We have been hosted by the SpotOn, Lancashire's rural and library touring network. This morning saw our fifth performance to an audience of…

Nosferatu in Perth and Kinross On Monday this week I was in Crieff. I shared two performances of 'Nosferatu', one of which was dementia friendly, at the Richmond Care Home. Thank you to the wonderful care staff, particularly Suzie and to Strathearn Arts for its support. It was a most enjoyable…

An Actor’s Core Skills: Storytelling This September I will be delivering this weekly course for Edinburgh Acting School at Summerhall Arts. The above pictures are of some of last terms students presenting the story they created in their final class of the course. We spent the term looking at lots…

A Wonderful Week in July I had the privilege of travelling down to the home of Puppetcraft in Devon to take a week long marionette carving course with John Roberts. This is my second training course with John, the first being in 2016 which took place at the Little Angel Theatre in Islington,…

My Two Bessies are off to Beacon Arts! Ada and Little Toy are bringing their stories to Beacon Arts this Sunday. Ada is going on an epic adventure to find her seven brothers and Little Toy is risking life and limb on the high seas in search of best friend Gem. Don't miss them! Little Toy is at 11…

Marionette Carving in Devon Last week was glorious, so very sunny and also extremely challenging. Me and my wee van travelled down to Totnes in Devon to spend a week woodcarving with John Roberts of Puppetcraft. There were two other woodcarving students - lovely folk - and we spent an idyllic, if…

Puppetry For Actors Relaxed focus... exploring core principles. Unlock Your Performance: Explore Puppetry for Actors at EAS Studios Hello everyone! I'm delighted to invite you to a workshop I'll be leading at Edinburgh Acting School Studios – a great opportunity to explore new avenues of creative…

🙏🏻 Thank you to the friends and colleagues who came to our wee sharing yesterday. Our Suitcase Story 🧛Nosferatu ⚰️ has really developed over the last few weeks but it's not a show until there's an audience there with you! 😊 We learnt so much from performing to this first test audience...

📣 Introducing the Nosferatu team... Jen McGregor - Dramaturg @jenbitespeople.bsky.social is an award-winning writer, director and dramaturg. Credits include Who Pays the Piper (PPP), The Premorial (Birds of Paradise/Perth Theatre), Ghost Stories (Pitlochry Festival Theatre), Divergent Sounds...

❤️ We love tiny things!!! 🔎 💼 Our Suitcase Stories have lots of lovely tiny things. 🥳 In appreciation and celebration of all things small and tiny... please share some tiny things with us in the comments! 👀 We can't wait to see them! 🔎 #suitcasestories #tinyworlds #tinydetails #smallthings #tiny

Freda and Stacey have been working away in the studio at Edinburgh Acting School refining and perfecting all the finer puppetry performances details in Nosferatu. #puppetryperformancemaking #puppetryskills #tinyworlds #theatremaker #rehearsalroom #theatreindevelopment #nosferatu #suitcasestories

📣 Introducing the Nosferatu team... Stacey Mitchell - Puppetry Director 🌍 Stacey is a Scottish puppeteer, puppetry director, actor and singer based in Edinburgh. Her work continues to take her all over the UK and Europe. She has worked as a puppeteer and puppetry director with many theatre....

HR delivering a tasty fruit and nut platter to the creative team in between bursts of 'sticking and pasting' today.... A day of making and repairing. #puppetrymaking #puppettheatredesign #crafts #nosforatu #setdesign #theatremaker

Sheer Joy… Lissa Of Joyrides on the promenade with 'Betsy', the electric bike, and two lovely clients snugly wrapped up against the sea breeze in gorgeous crocheted blankets. We are preparing for Tragic Carpet's first performance of Nosferatu at The Seagrove Centre next week. The Seagrove Centre…

📣 Introducing the Nosferatu team... John Moore - Composer 🎼 John has composed music for many of Tragic Capet's shows including ‘Island On The Edge Of The World’, ‘Heart Of A Dog’, FishOrMan’ and also for the original production of ‘Nosferatu’ which was first staged as a physical theatre...

🥰 What a pleasure to attend The Gathering 2025 and meet the many performers, promoters and others for performances, discussions and networking. 🙏🏻 Thank you so much to The Touring Network for organising another great event in Strathpeffer!...

Our Puppetry for Actors workshop is open for bookings 🗓 Saturday 7th June ⏰️ 10am-5pm 🌍 Edinburgh Acting School at Summerhall 💰 £44.50 www.tickettailor.com/events/edinb... #puppetry #puppetrytraining #puppetryworkshop #puppeteer #actortraining #edinburghactingschool #puppetryskills

Guess what came in the post today...?? 📨 q-lad - a remote controller made specifically to fire qlab cues. We are over the moon! @haddonkime.com

📣 Introducing the Nosferatu team.... Sheena Millar - Producer 💫 Sheena runs Rural Touring Agency, and is a producer and tour booker, working with independent artists and small companies who create theatre, dance, circus and children's performances.

📣 Introducing the Nosferatu team... Sound Design - @haddonkime.com 🎵 Haddon Kime is an award-winning composer, lyricist, and musical innovator whose work has spanned Broadway-style musicals, film scoring, and pioneering digital formats like the “zoomsical.” While his role on Nosferatu focuses...

📣 Introducing the Nosferatu team... @mslizstrange.bsky.social - Social Media Support Liz is an Edinburgh based actor, physical theatre maker and facilitator. Her experience and interest in visual, participatory and interactive theatre has lead her to channel her skills into social media support...

📣 Introducing the Nosferatu team.... 🚲 Lissa runs a small business called Joy Rides Edinburgh which offers the experience of getting out in the fresh air around Edinburgh's beautiful green spaces on a specially made cargo bike, to older people living care homes or attending day care services...

Freda O’Byrne - writer / maker performer - (they/them) is a visual theatre director, performer, puppeteer, writer and workshop facilitator. They have a first class honours degree in performing arts and has trained in mask (full, half, commedia, basle, archetype, neutral), clown, bouffon, and ...

Nosferatu team has descended on Summerhall! 🎉 We're finishing the making of Nosferatu, the 3rd puppetry show in our Suitcase Stories trilogy 🎉 Nosferatu is suitable for older children & adults and will soon be available for touring to theatres, community venues, puppetry festivals and care homes.

@thebeaconarts.bsky.social Thank you for the follow! 😊

Latest review for Æ: CHEF was a masterclass in monodrama performance.

Happy days! I had a smashing group for the 'From Sticks to Table Top - puppetry training for actors' workshop on Saturday. They were playful, engaged, thoughtful and fun to be with - all this and puppetses, what's not to like?! #actortraining #puppetry #Scotland #visualtheatre #EAS #puppetbox #happy

'From Stick to Tabletop' Excited to be delivering this puppetry workshop for creatives who would like to add puppetry to their skillset. #puppetry #actortraining #artskills #performingarts #Edinburgh #Scotland #dramaturg #directors Edinburgh Acting School www.tickettailor.com/events/edinb...

Final Tweaks and Three Sleeps!!

Smethwick Puppetry Festival – Here We Come! Ada, Little Toy and me (the driver) are off to the wonderful Smethwick Festival in February! We are so excited that our suitcases are packed already! Smethwick Festival is organised by Black Country Touring - see the video below to find out about its…

Something Wicked This Way Comes… This little person has arrived in Edinburgh form London during Storm Eowyn. This means that she is now huddled down in the depot as posties are in their jammies today... Her name is Ada and she will be performing the lead role in The Seven Ravens - Tragic Carpet's…

Edinburgh Acting School Core Skills A: Storytelling I'm delighted to be delivering Core Skills A: Storytelling this semester for Edinburgh Acting School. With an eclectic background in theatre, puppetry, and visual storytelling, and a passion for sharing the magic of theatre through performance,…

Currently touring Suitcase Stories - Little worlds small enough to fit into a suitcase: stories.tragiccarpet.com 🧳

I left this little puppet person in charge of the van and asked him to look after the shopping too... ffs! #youhadonejob #whatdoesthepuppetwanttodo #puppetry ##parkingproblems

Here's a bit about the theatre industry leaving Twitter/X for BlueSky/Substack, and the potential for an online discourse about theatre to re-emerge... plus a load of links to other stuff about theatre. All in today's Shouts and Murmurs. Read/subscribe: thecrushbar.substack.com/p/shouts-and...

This drama group for adults has been running for nearly three years. It is free to attend, is for amateurs and professionals and covers an eclectic mix of games and exercises to develop skills. It is a place of mustual support, chats and tea and biscuits. www.eventbrite.com/e/adult-dram...

Loving learning about all the Bluesky options and nuances... Will we, won't we?

Played a tiny, tiny role today in the Citadel Arts McScrooge Scottish Pantomime at the Dementia Arts Festival. My puppet was cast in the show - I felt very privileged to be there at Assembly Roxy today. Sweeties were had.

I am looking forward to teaching this class next week (and every week!) - it is community based and is for amateurs and professionals. It is 'drop in' and is free to attend. We do different skills based exercises and games every week plus conversation and mutual support.

Ada was hanging out with her puppet pals at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre yesterday. Rehearsals with Stacey Mitchell were a blast! #puppets #cantwait #troubleshooting #newmaterial #Edinburgh #SuitcaseStories

Giving the #ScottishTheatre starter pack another nudge - if you're new here and looking for people to add, this will lead you to everyone I've found so far. If you're not in it and would like to be, comment and I'll add you. Please share - Bluesky doesn't boost on likes/interactions alone!

#ScottishTheatre starter pack! If you're a theatre professional in Scotland, comment to be added to it. Bluesky doesn't have a centralised algorithm like Twitter, so if we want to find each other we have to repost/talk to each other. Likes alone won't cut it, so please share. go.bsky.app/8WJHga9

Little Toy is off to Aberdeen! Only 3 sleeps left! www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/sui... Come and meet them! #puppetry #ObjectTheatre #earlyyears #family #parents #theatre #aberdeenshire #aberdeencity #cantwait

A Raven visits a young girl. Why are the birds gathering? And what is the secret that Ada learns about her past? Come and find out this weekend at Aberdeen Music Hall! www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/sui... #ravens #grimm #fairytales #storytelling #puppetry #families #aberdeen #aberdeenshire