Forgotten Puppets Day 24...

Cio Cio San, from Madam Butterfly

English National Opera, 2005

Puppet designed by Nick Barnes

Original puppeteers: Mark Down, Nick Barnes, Finn Caldwell, Giulia Innocenti

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Forgotten Puppets Day 23...

Old Mr He, from Mr China's Son
Battersea Arts Centre, 2002

Designed by Nick Barnes

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Forgotten Puppets Day 22...

Dog from Real Man 

as part of the Firsts programme at the Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House, 2007

Puppet designed by Nick Barnes
Puppeteers: Ben Thompson and Mhairi Steenbock

Forgotten Puppets Day 21...

Shun-kin

Complicite & Setagaya Theatre, Tokyo 2008

Puppet designed by Nick Barnes

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Forgotten Puppets Day 20...

Rabbit, from Call of the Wild
The Central School of Speech and Drama, 2010

Puppets designed by Nick Barnes
Performed by BA (Hons) Acting students with design and make
assistance from BA (Hons) CDT and the BATP Puppetry Course  

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Forgotten Puppets Day 19...

Angus 

from Angus, Thongs and Even More Snogging

West Yorkshire Playhouse, 2012

Puppet designed by Nick Barnes

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Forgotten Puppets Day 18...

Elizabethan Man & Woman, from Be Safe
as part of the BP Shakespeare: Staging the World exhibition, British Museum, 2012

An introductory talk by the Puppet Processing Department for Health & Safety

Performed by Nick Barnes, Mark Down, Sean Garratt, Jess Mabel Jones

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Forgotten Puppets Day 17...

Locust, 

from Yellow Earth - Running the Silk Road
Barbican, 2004

Forgotten Puppets Day 16...

Martin, from Martin's Wedding
London International Mime Festival, 2004

Puppet designed by Nick Barnes

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Forgotten Puppets Day 15...

Behemoth, from The Master and the Margarita

Complicite 

National & International Tour, 2011

Puppet designed & made by Nick Barnes

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Forgotten Puppets Day 14...

Bear & Cat Plastazote Prototypes

for His Dark Materials
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Birmingham Rep & National Tour, 2009

Puppet Makers: Nick Barnes, Billie Achilleos, Paul Vincett

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Forgotten Puppets Day 13...

The Dog, from A Dog's Heart
Complicite, ENO, DNO, 2010

Puppet designed by Nick Barnes

Puppeteers: Robin Beer, Finn Caldwell, Josie Daxter, Mark Down

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Forgotten Puppets Day 12...

Blue Men, from Mr China's Son & Low Life

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Forgotten Puppets Day 11...

Professor Hilary/Charrington, from 1984
Battersea Arts Centre, London, 2009

Puppet designed by Nick Barnes
Puppeteer: Henry Maynard

This puppet was originally made for 'Danny 306' at the Traverse Theatre with David Greig. 

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Forgotten Puppets Day 10...

Father, from Kommilitonen! 
Royal Academy of Music London & Julliard School of Music, New York, 2011

Puppets designed by Mark Down
Puppet made by Greta Schuckert

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Forgotten Puppets Day 9...

Patrick, from The Puppet Monologues
Lighthouse Centre for the Arts, Poole

Puppet made by Nick Barnes

Puppeteered by Sean Garratt

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Forgotten Puppets Day 8...

Ogre, from El Gato Con Botas
The New Victory Theatre, New York

Collaboration with Tectonic Theater Project & Gotham Chamber Opera
Puppets designed by Nick Barnes
Puppeteers: James Ortiz (head), Teddy Yudain (body), Marta Mozelle Macrostie (right arm), Joe Gallina (left arm), Jessica Scott (legs)

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Forgotten Puppets Day 7...

Hopping Hoopoe Bird, from The Magic Flute

Bregenz Festival, 2014

Designed by Mark Down
Made by Nick Barnes
Puppeteered by Sean Garratt

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Forgotten Puppets Day 6...

Real Man Head & Hands, from The Heads
Soho Theatre, as part of the London International Mime Festival, 2013

Puppeteers: Sean Garratt, Irena Stratieva, Mark Down, Nick Barnes

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Forgotten Puppets Day 5...

Puppet John Cleese, from Holy Flying Circus

BBC film about Monty Python making the Life of Brian, 2011

Designed by Nick Barnes & Mark Down
Puppeteers: Sarah Calver, Ivan Thorley, Sean Garratt, Mark Down, Nick Barnes, Avye Leventis 

Forgotten Puppets Day 4...

Fish, from Arhat Taming the Dragon

 Butchers, Dragons, Gods, and Skeletons: An Exhibition of Film Installation by Philip Haas, Kimbell Art Gallery, 2009

Puppet designed by Nick Barnes

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Forgotten Puppets Day 3...

Anak from Faeries
Royal Opera House, 2008

Designed by Nick Barnes

Head Puppeteer: Mhairi Steenbock
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Forgotten Puppets Day 2...

The Golden Monkey
from His Dark Materials
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Birmingham Rep & National Tour, 2009

Designed by Nick Barnes

Puppeteer: Ben Thompson

Made by Nick Barnes, Paul Vincett & Billie Achilleos

The Golden Monkey is the daemon of Mrs Coulter, the arch-enemy of Lyra.

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Advent Calendar of Forgotten Puppets Day 1...

'Space Man' Mark, from On Emotion
Soho Theatre, 2008

Puppet designed & made by Nick Barnes

Puppeteers: Mark Down, James Wilby, Caroline Catz, Rhian Blythe

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December's Puppet of the Month - Rev. Terry

What are you made of?
I have a fabric body with a skeleton structure and foam hands. My head is carved from Styrofoam set with jesmonite, with a moving mouth mechanism.

What show are you from?
I was made in Jan 2015 for Citizen Puppet.

Who were you in the show?
I started life as a hippie spiritual guidance counsellor but ended up as a Puppet Reverend, traumatised by my experience in the 'Nam...

What are your favourite hobbies?
Bingo, watching Poldark, and hosting a bimonthly 'it's a knockout' style assault course on the village green.

What have you been up to recently?
I've been growing a variety of moustaches for 'Movember'. See the pictures on Blind Summit's Facebook page.

And since it's nearly Christmas, what do you hope to get from Santa?
A box of wine and the Downton Abbey board game...