Theatre Shows
We make puppet theatre that merges live performance, film, and animation in creative collaboration.
The Lightning Path
When Ella’s family farm begins to flood, she starts asking questions. Her grandfather tells her that the eels no longer come up the river, and Ella wonders if melting ice caps and distant changing landscapes might be connected. On a magical journey to find answers, she meets people and creatures who teach her new ways of seeing, understanding, and caring.
2017 Funded by The Arts Council of Wales.
Creative team
Created and directed by Small World Theatre, Script Meredith Barker, Puppets designed and created by Small World Theatre and Toby Downing. Music Pete Stacey, Animation Sean Vicary, Tech Manager Steve Knight.
Tour
Llanidloes SY18 6BZ, Chapter CF5 1QE, Volcano SA1 1LG, Neuadd Dwyfor LL53 5DE, Haverfordwest SA62 3DL, Ceredigion Museum SY23 2AQ
“The Lightning Path echoes the company's strong ecological ethos with a journey across the continents from pole t desert. The action blends the range of possibilities of puppetry... it is witty, colourful and compact." Theatre in Wales.
Amser Stori
Welsh language digital theatre. Available to watch on AM - the digital home of Welsh culture.
During times of lockdown, we took to digital puppetry and storytelling to entertain our audiences. Y Llwybr Mellt, originally created as a live show with Welsh playwright Meredydd Barker, was beautifully adapted into a narrated series for the digital stage. Cawl Cerrig is a shadow puppet performance of the original Persian folk story. Criw’r Coed a Gwenyn Coll by Carys Glyn is the final adaptation when a crew of woodland save a bee.
2021 Funded by The Arts Council of Wales.
Creative team
Created and directed by Small World Theatre. Digital puppetry and animation by Sam Vicary and Bill Hamblett. Performed by Heledd Gwynn, Seren Stacey, Bill Hamblett and Ann Shrosbree. Animation and post production by Sean Vicary.
