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Ode to a Puppeteer

We saw the most amazing display of Puppets tonight presented by a group that have been working here together over the last 2 weeks. Some of the puppets were completely enchanting and the skill involved in the craftsmanship of these miniature paper maché people really made me believe their emotions were changing and faces moving. [...]

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View from Banff Bridge

Raring to go!

An enforced day off, woo hoo I hear you say but I am gagging to get my skates on and get stuck into some playing! We unfortunately don’t get the key to our hut until tomorrow and so I take my jet-lagged body back to bed in the morning as I try desperately to adjust [...]

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Our Practice Hut

Feeling So Welcome!

It is 5:20am and although I realise this is silly o’clock, there is no way I can go back to bed and sleep. A bad combo of jet lag and being like a little girl on Christmas morning desperately wanting to open pressies and being far too excited! I AM IN BANFF!! There is snow [...]

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Winter Creative Residency at the Banff Centre

We are delighted to announce that we will be spending three weeks at the Banff Centre in Jan/Feb 2012 working on some of our more demanding repertoire and recording further examples for this website. We can’t wait! This residency is being made possible by the very generous support of the MBF and the Richard Carne [...]

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