Puppet Theatre Barge

Puppet Theatre Barge "...One of London's more elusive treasures." THE INDEPENDENT "...the scale of puppetry forces you t THE GUARDIAN
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THE INDEPENDENT "...the scale of puppetry forces you to surrender your imagination in a way that flesh and blood actors never could."

03/09/2026

🎵 Oh no! We’ve got to put on a show! 🎵

We’ve opened The Little Wolves in Richmond to sold out crowds! And now we have the spectacular trailer by .
Written by: Nick Cassenbaum
Directed by: Kate Middleton
Performed by: Ailsa Dalling and Stan Middleton
Music: Josh Middleton
Puppet/Prop makers: Stan Middleton, Beez Barry, Ailsa Dalling, Amy Rowe, Charlie Tyms, Lyndie Wright

Voice actors:
Narrator - Debbie Chazen
Foxy - Thalissa Teixeira
Hyena - Lucy Mangan
Wolf/Acrobat - Stan Middleton
Pig - Oliver Dench
Ginger/Owl - Coral Bevan
Crayfish - Jason Flemyng
Juan - Pablo Luque Redondo

Studio Musicians
Josh Middleton - Accordion/Piano
Nina Harries - Double Bass
Tim Karp - Guitar/Banjo
Yusuf Narçin -Trombone
Giuliano Osella - Drum Kit/Percussion

Recorded by Eduardo Allertsen at The Sound Studio
Mixed by Tim Karp

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14/08/2026

What a drama! Between HaHa and the lovely lock keeper at Sunbury lock we were able to make it down the Thames and all the way to Richmond.
We are thrilled to introduce HaHa, Foxy and Lupe as our The Little Wolves, opening Tuesday 18th August 2026 in Richmond-upon-Thames.

Video description: A shot panning between The Puppet Theatre Barge waiting outside a lock and glove puppet HaHa, a small grey hyena opening the lock manually.

14/08/2026

Best laid plans and all. Foxy’s found herself a little stressed at this morning’s bump in the river.

05/08/2026

Ginger and Friends will be tap dancing their way all the way to Richmond-upon-Thames in 2 weeks time!!!

We open a brand new show called The Three Little Wolves directed by resident director Kate Middleton, written by the phenomenal , and with new music by .

You won’t want to miss out on this hoot of a musical puppetry show.

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23/07/2026

Workshop Alert!!!!
Our education team Rebecca and Ben, went into school and took our shadow puppetry workshop to the lovely Children of Abingdon. Look at the amazing video of student having fun with the puppets they made themselves.
We have workshop in libraries across Oxfordshire over the next few weeks. We began our workshops in Didcot today and the rest of the workshops are available to book via the Linktree in our bio.

As for shows, we are almost SOlD OUT. If you are thinking of coming to see our show now is the time. Richmond-upon-Thames watch out. We are coming to you soon!

16/07/2026

Captain Sandy and the Sea Monster is in Abingdon!

We have two access shows planned for this run.
This Saturday 18th July, 11am, we have a relaxed performance for those who would benefit from the lights to not go fully off, the sound not to be at full volume, a smaller audience size and the ability to get up when needed. If you need to make noise this is the space.
On Saturday 25th July, we have our BSL interpreted performance for users of BSL.
Swim on down and snap up the tickets quickly.

08/07/2026

A little surprise from the world of Puppet Barge. Here we reveal the magic of Black Light Theatre, and how we use it in our show Captain Sandy.

To create this magic our puppeteers work very hard and are barely able to see backstage and have to feel around in the dark.

We’re opening this week on Saturday 11th July and have only 5 tickets left for our opening show! We have been in schools...
07/07/2026

We’re opening this week on Saturday 11th July and have only 5 tickets left for our opening show!
We have been in schools this week teaching shadow puppetry workshops, have workshops coming up in the local libraries in late July, and are featured in Round & About Magazine.
We are thrilled to be back in Abingdon and can’t wait for a month of Captain Sandy singing her way through adventure.

03/07/2026

Meet Roddy! He’s fished something out of the sea and it is very special. Captain Sandy and the Sea Monster in Abingdon-on-Thames, this 11th July til the 9th August.

Swipe to see the extended talents of our puppeteer Emily giving a voice to the seagull. The show is voiced almost entirely by our 3 puppeteers, who as well as bring all these wonderful characters to life sing live and voice all the characters.

Find us moored at Abbey Meadows

Well done to the Puppet Barge Crew who has successfully made it to Abingdon-on-Thames! This 8-day journey from Little Ve...
30/06/2026

Well done to the Puppet Barge Crew who has successfully made it to Abingdon-on-Thames!

This 8-day journey from Little Venice involved many locks, some seriously hot weather, and a small but mighty team.

We are thrilled to be back moored on the banks of Abbey Meadows, Oxfordshire, OX14 3ZB. The wonderful Captain Sandy and the Sea Monster is returning to make its Oxforshire debut.

Check us out in the link. Running 11th July-9th August

Limited run, so catch us whilst you can

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