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Charrington in Blind Summit’s 1984 at BAC. Photograph by Stephen Dobbie The use of cardboard was what made this Blind Summit / BAC production shine for us. Just plain old brown card that threw fabulous shapes. From simple sign posts to junk shop ephemera, and …

Where’s the Thames gone? These pictures were taken during the lowest of low tides at Twickenham/Eel Pie Island yesterday, the result of the annual November draw-off. Every year the weirs at Richmond Lock are lifted to allow the Port of London Authority to carry out …

Perseus and the Gorgon’s Head by PuppetCraft Perseus and the Gorgon’s Head by PuppetCraft played at The Little Angel Theatre this weekend as part of the Suspense London Puppetry Festival. Mixing people with puppets, the performance was an interpretation of an ancient Greek tale written …

Organised by the self styled ‘think and do tank’, the New Economics Foundation, the Festival of Interdependence was a popular choice for a free day out this weekend. By midday on Saturday, a long queue to get into the Bargehouse was developing and organisers were …

Looking for somewhere to workshop ideas about new ways of low impact living this Saturday, or maybe to debate economic and environmental issues? Perhaps your perfect weekend would be full of poems and stories and opportunities to bake a superior loaf of bread? Look no …

It’s been over 25 years since the last festival and the suspense has been killing puppetry fans. But at last ten days of puppet magic is to unfurl across London as Suspense, a festival of adult puppetry, opens at the end of the month. Including …