Tag: puppetry

Boris & Sergey’s Christmas Cabaret 

Boris and Sergey are foot-high puppets. Fringe Festival favourites, they are known as the infamous Balkan Bad-Boys of puppetry.

They are hosting a Christmas celebration like no other with an exceptional cast of cabaret delinquents at the Assembly Roxy util 21st December

Here they are exploring the Edinburgh Christmas Market:

Bunraku puppetry for discerningly twisted adult audiences

“An unexpected masterpiece”

Broadway Baby ««««« (For Boris & Sergey’s Vaudevillian Adventure)

“Profanely hilarious…shows this excellent don’t stay secret for long”

Fest Magazine ««««« (For Boris & Sergey’s Vaudevillian Adventure)

“You have to marvel at the incredible technical choreography that allows a team of six to manipulate two tiny leather puppets, at breakneck speed … and it is absolutely hilarious”  

The Scotsman – «««« (for Boris & Sergey’s One Man Extravaganza)

“With Boris and Sergey, you are guaranteed something unique… what really makes the audience scream with laughter is the physics-defying slapstick comedy of which they are capable.”

EdFringe Review ««««« (For Boris & Sergey’s Preposterous Improvisation Experiment)

Award-winning darlings of the Fringe and recipients of 18 five star reviews, Boris & Sergey take to Assembly Roxy to present for your viewing pleasure, Boris & Sergey’s  Christmas Cabaret’. Flabbergast Theatre’s very unique take on A Christmas Carol; as dark as it is fun. 

This December the infamous Balkan Bad-Boys of puppetry, host a Christmas celebration like no other; as our foot-tall cult favourites   put their leathery heads together to come up with an exceptional cast of cabaret delinquents, which they can’t wait to unleash upon their unsuspecting audiences over the festive season. 

Joining these charming little faceless puppets and their loyal puppeteers, are other Flabbergast creations old and new, including hilarious, absurd and often magical silent clown; Tatterdemalion (“A beautiful and hilarious experience that will stay with you – you know you’re watching a master of physical theatre; clowning has never been so enchanting or absorbing”. ««««« ThreeWeeks,) and maybe a little of The Swell Mob who invite audiences to submerge themselves in the delights of `19th century debauchery and to dance, sing, gamble, & cheat alongside the performers(“So intriguing and intoxicating” «««« The Scotsman).

Headlining the show is Dublin-based acrobatic performer Sahsa Khron, who performs a beautiful aerial straps act which blends ground and aerial acrobatics performed with effortless grace. In this, the most stripped back of aerial disciplines, the beauty of his work is an elegant body in motion.

All this will be held together by Boris and Sergey as they present A Christmas Carol – although the two may be slightly at odds with regards to the morals and focus of the definitive Dickens’ tale.

Suitable for anyone in the mood for some twisted festive cheer – be that Sergey’s pretentious and worthy take on the Christmas classic, with lashings of Victoriana – God bless us! Every one! And equally suitable for those who prefer their carols immersed in chaos, as Boris approaches celebrations with only the most tenuous link to that well known Christmas story.

So for those with a preference for anarchic festive cheer, there is nowhere better to celebrate in style than Boris & Sergey’s Christmas Cabaret’.

CBBC ALBA is looking for someone who would like to start a career in TV puppetry

BBC ALBA has a very exciting project coming up later this year to create a new children’s puppet series called Meaban’s Moo.

This means that a new opportunity has come up because the producers are looking for Gaelic speaking performer who is interested in honing and developing their on camera puppetry skills to help with making the programmes.

Meaban and Moo, a highland cow and a puffin, are best friends. Quite the odd couple! They live in a fisherman’s shed by the bay and love it when their friend Linda pops by to set them their daily task.

This concept is simple, fun, silly and fast paced. The audience will come away having learned something, whilst not knowing that they were being taught anything in the first place. The repetition will help cement the words in the audience’s mind.

The programme makers hope to find someone who would like to start a career in television puppetry.

They would be working with Warrick Brownlow-Pike who has worked on some of BBC Children’s most successful puppet shows including ‘The Furchester Hotel’, ‘Hackertime’ and ‘Get Well Soon’. He has also been performing Dodge the Dog on CBBC and in the Cbeebies House since 2010.

They will also work alongside Colin Purves who has been a principle puppeteer in many films, including the Jurassic Park “World” franchise and the last five Star Wars movies.

Sarah MacKinnon from CBBC ALBA, said: “We’re really excited to have been given the go ahead for this new puppet series and hope to start filming in September.

“We are hoping to find someone who would like to start a career in television puppetry.

“If you have worked in theatre with puppets, have been teaching yourself at home or are just interested in puppetry then this may be the perfect opportunity for you!”

If you are interested please send:

•             A video introduction of yourself, including your name and age.

•             1 minute approx video of a puppet (or your hand) singing or lip synching to a nursery rhyme or song

•             A short written piece about your experiences or interest in puppetry

Email: sarah.mackinnon01@bbc.co.uk by 30th July 2021.