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Handspring Puppet Company National Theatre
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Handspring created the puppets for National Theatre productions War Horse and Or You Could Kiss Me. The company (run by Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones) was founded in South Africa in 1981, and is today arguably one of the greatest puppetry companies in the world. The National Theatre has a longstanding relationship with Handspring, who provide an artistic home and professional base for a core group of performers, designers, theatre artists and technicians who collaborate with them on a project-by-project basis. Still based in South Africa, they continue to explore the boundaries of adult puppet theatre within an African context.
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The Puppet Makers
In July 2012 the puppet makers from the Handspring Puppet Company, creators of the War Horse puppets, visited London to see the show for the first time.
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The Handspring Puppet Factory
See inside the workshop of the Handspring Puppet Company and discover how they make all the puppets for the show.
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Handspring Puppet Company platform event
Basil and Adrian from Handspring Puppet Company are interviewed about their puppets for War Horse on the Olivier stage. They give a demonstration of the puppets in action and talk about the design and engineering of the puppets.
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Ambitions for the future (2007)
Handspring Puppet Theatre have many experiments with performance, with and without puppets, planned for the future.
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The meaning of Handspring
The soul of the puppet lies in the palm of the hand and therefore it is the source of creativity.
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Tall Horse (2004)
Handspring worked with the Sogolon Puppet Troupe from Mali on this project.