Beastly Belle

Written by Tilly Lunken.
Directed by Joy Haynes.
Songs, music and sound design by Hannah Marshall.
Set design by Amelia Pimlott.
Performed by Gemma Khawaja & Paul Preston Mills.
This show was made with devising by the company. 
Lighting design by Jaz Crampton.
Films created by Jaz Crampton and Mark Mander.
Puppetry costume by Mark Mander. 
Puppets designed and made by Gavin Glover, Jan Zalud, Gretchen Maynard-Hahn, Karolina Czyz and Mark Mander.

A down on their luck Belle and Father end up at a creepy house where there lives a Beast. Belle falls in love with a movie he shows her but swept off to the city by the smooth Mr. Merrill to become a big movie star. Beastly Belle is a reimagining of Beauty and the Beast using puppetry, story-telling and creating an imaginative world inspired by 1920's movies. It's about love, connection and how surface level beauty isn't quite what it seems. This show was created using integrated creative Audio Description.

Photo credit: Andi Sapey

The People's Rock - A Musical!

Written by Tilly Lunken, Emma Shaw, Ceci Mazzarella and Beth Crane.
Directed by Sophie Benefer.
Produced by Nevertheless She for Vault Festival, January, 2018.

Tee performed by Franesca Mintowt-Czyz.
Fairy Rock Mother performed by John Calum White
​Nana - Jiggy Bhore.

Something’s cooking and it smells like Revolution! It’s 2050 in Greater America and Tee wakes every morning to a bright and shiny world where she is sheltered from the grim reality she lives in. It takes the disappearance of her idol Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson to kick start her journey of resistance. The People's Rock is a dystopic musical about idols, self-belief and legacy.

Fran and the Littlest Reindeer.

Written by Tilly Lunken.​
Directed by Victorine Pontillon and Tilly Lunken.
Produced by V&T in Association with Goblin Baby Co, at the Bread and Roses Theatre and Rosemary Branch Theatre, December 2017. 

Designed by Shelley Knowles-Dixon.
Crankie Artwork by Shelley Knowles-Dixon.
Further puppetry design by Beth Crane.
Puppetry Build by Beth Crane.
Song lyrics by Tilly Lunken and music by Jackson Petland.
Further music and composition by Hedley Knights.

Fran performed by Francesca Burgoyne.
​Dad/Rennie performed by David Pitt.

Fran is fed up with Christmas. If no one else cares that nothing is the same this year, then why should she? It’s going to take a lot more than fake snow and fake cheer to get her on board. But when an unexpected new friend arrives outside her window, it is up to Fran to get her cheer back, save the day and give everyone a chance for a happy holiday! Fran and the Littlest Reindeer is a festive and fun tale of friendship and family and how we make can make new traditions whilst honouring our history.

Between the Books

Written by Tilly Lunken.
​Directed by Mark Whitaker. 
Produced by In The Bellows - Brighton and Hove Libraries Tour, 2017. 

Performed by Nix Wood and Kaile Lucas

Between The Books is a puppetry show  in a bookcase that tours to libraries and performs to early readers a fun filled show about how libraries work, how they are important and how an adventure it is to read.

Beauty and the Beast
Directed and Designed by Gavin Glover.
Writing and Dramaturgy by Tilly Lunken.
Music, songs and Sound Design - Hannah Marshall. 
Performed by Josh Elwell, Sian Kidd, Johnathan Storey.
​(This show was made with devising by the company.) 
Maker/Performer - Gretchen Maynard-Hahn.
Puppetry costume by Mark Mander. 
Puppets designed and made by Gavin Glover, Jan Zalud, Gretchen Maynard-Hahn, Karolina Czyz and Mark Mander.
Production Manager - Tim Tracy
Produced byJoy Haynes with Norwich Puppet Theatre. 

Beauty and the Beast is a retelling of the classic tale where transformation comes from expected places and raises questions who is Beauty and who is the Beast?

To Be A Wife

Directed by Tessa Hart.
Produced by Goblin Baby Theatre Company at the Hen and Chickens Theatre, October, 2014.

Bel performed by Stephanie Lodge.
Roddy performed by Michael Bagwell.
Iris performed by Abigail Morgan.

Well, in England 1814 Iris loves Bel but is married to Roddy. Then, in 1914 Bel marries Roddy but of course she loves Iris (really and truly)! And then in 2014, Bel loves Iris and can marry Iris and Iris loves Bel and can marry Bel and neither marries Roddy as he's most emphatically not in want of a wife! To Be A Wife is a comedy of manners, exploring marriage as a construct across the centuries.

Photo credit: Victorine Pontillon.

Mint Leaves.

Directed by Kuba Drewa. 
Produced by Unrestricted View at the Hen and Chickens Theatre, February, 2014.
 
Gregory - Brian Eastty
Jen - F. M
Mrs. Evans -  Joan Plunkett
Mr. Evans - Tony Parkin

Gregory lives an isolated life, checked in on by his Great-Niece Jen but otherwise alone with the company of a stuffed cat. He is also however at constant war with his nosy neighbour Mrs. Evans through the walls. Mint Leaves is an exploration of toxicity, friendship, connection and how we are never as quite as alone as we feel. 

Photo Credit: Nuri Abdur-Rauf