Online Puppetry Improv Course

Level: Experienced

Want to create complete weirdos out of inanimate objects? Got a single sock in the drawer that needs new life? Perhaps you just really like puppets and want to pretend you’re part of Jim Henson’s cool gang.

Puppetry allows us to do things on stage & screen we would never do with our own bodies, take risks unavailable to the limited human physiology and physics. There’s an amazing freedom in speaking through inanimate objects instead of our own voice, using simple objects in ways they were not intended.

This course will show you just how much fun can be had with something as simple as a toilet roll tube and some tissue paper.

You will explore:

Finger puppets

Hand and sock puppets

Object manipulation

Constructing your own puppets from ‘rubbish’

How to breathe life, emotions and physicality into your characters.

It will be cute, surprising and most certainly weird. Come play.

Whatever the level of ability required, all of our classes are safe, supportive environments led by our experienced teachers. Please email us if you are unsure whether a class is suitable for you. If you sign up for a class inappropriate to your level the Nursery/Maydays reserved the right to remove you from the class without refund.

Min. participants 6, max. participants 12.

If we have to cancel the event due to low numbers, we will do this with 24hours notice (and you will receive a warning 48 hours before the course if this looks likely).

This Intermediate course runs every Wednesday for 6 weeks from 23rd February to 30th March 7.30pm-9.30pm.

Intermediate (3/6 months+): These classes will be opportunities to add tools to your growing toolbox. Normally these classes will expect players to be confident playing scenes. These classes will provide practice and specific new skills.