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historic entertainments

medieval & tudor entertainments
 
suitable for festivals, fairs & stately homes     
 
masked & costumed players host entertainments to suit your event:
early music and dancing jig dolls
walkabout character marionettes
living history performance tent 

off with his head

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Off With His Head! 

Elizabethan street theatre
the life and times of Elizabeth I 
early music and sound effects
figures and scenes based on contemporary artwork
walkabout marionettes to accompany show
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fortune's Fools 
 
Medieval booth show
 
show based on medieval tales and texts
carved glove puppets and walkabout marionette
early music, song and sound effects



Devil Tales

storytelling and booth show

how the Devil tricks mankind and mankind tricks the Devil
based on early European folk tales
mask, glove and finger puppets

Tales & Tunes
Programmes of words & music
performances include:

Tudor Christmas & Twelfth Night - poems, songs and festive music
Gawain & The Green Knight - a spine-tingling retelling of the Arthurian legend
Faust - a booth show with a difference: puppets, mask, music and readings, adapted from Christopher Marlowe's play & the folk puppet tradition

We can also produce historic, seasonal and celebratory programmes of words & music to suit your event, venue or festival.

music for a show
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the archpoet
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Elizabeth I & Leicester
Elizabeth and Leicester

Fortune's Fools booth & performance tent
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