Baba Shakespeare is a new production to be staged by Tower Theatre Company at the Arcola Tent from Tuesday 17th April - Wednesday 2nd May 2012 as part of the RSC Open Stages, which has been described as the UK's biggest amateur theatre project.

The script for Baba Shakespeare has been written by director Emmeline Winterbotham and is derived from the screenplay of the 1965 Merchant Ivory film Shakespeare Wallah, a true story that follows the family of actress Felicity Kendal as they travel around post-colonial India as a troupe of Shakespeare players.



Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Losing weight

Now comes the slightly scary step of hollowing out the head and torso in order to reduce the weight of the puppet.  This involves splitting these parts in half with chisel and mallet, drilling out the middle sections and then sticking it all back together again with wood glue.  This makes the puppet significantly lighter, which is good news for the puppeteer.

The head just after splitting in two
Hollowing out the centre of the head
Recovering post surgery
Splitting the torso in half
Torso before hollowing out
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