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The Jim Henson Company has remained an established leader in family entertainment for over 70 years and is recognized as an innovator in puppetry, animatronics, and digital animation. The Company’s most recent credits include the hit holiday special for Apple TVThe First Snow of Fraggle Rock,as well as the Emmy-nominatedAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Tripfor Disney+, the Oscar®-winningGuillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchiofor Netflix, and the Emmy®-winningFraggle Rock: Back to the Rockfor Apple TV. Other television credits includeSlumberkinsandHarriet the Spyfor Apple TV;Dinosaur Train,Splash and Bubbles, andSid the Science Kidall for PBS;Earth to Nedfor Disney+; andthe Netflix seriesWord Partyand the Emmy-winningThe Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Iconic catalogue titles includeFraggle Rock,The Storyteller,Farscape, and the ground-breaking fantasy classicsThe Dark CrystalandLabyrinth. Headquartered in Los Angeles with additional locations in New York and London, the Company is also home to Jim Henson’s Creature Shop™, a pre-eminent puppet and creature-building group and industry leader in puppeteered digital animation, with international film, television, theme park, and advertising clients.

Little Angel Theatre is a home for puppetry. Since its doors first opened in 1961 the theatre has been dedicated to creating and sharing inspiring stories. Puppetry is at the heart of this innovative theatre, from igniting the imaginations of the youngest minds to equipping tomorrow’s puppeteers with the tools they need to succeed. As well as an internationally recognised theatre with productions touring throughout the UK and across the globe, Little Angel Theatre also has its roots in Islington, and works with its local, diverse community to break down barriers to arts engagement so all can benefit and enjoy this remarkable art form. “Little Angel is nothing less than an icon of north London childhood” Time Out, 2016 Drawing on our extensive puppetry training programmes, we now offer tailor-made, puppetry focused courses for businesses of all sorts. Suitable for complete beginners, participants will discover the essential skills needed to bring puppets and objects alive with movement, emotion, breath and focus. Delivered over half- or full-days, themes covered include team work, body language, leadership and creative problem solving. Fancy something a bit different for your next team building session? For more details, email info@littleangeltheatre.com

Puppet Showplace Theater is New England’s only professional year-round theater dedicated to presenting live puppetry. Each year, we present over 300 performances by professional puppet companies to audiences in our Brookline Village theater. Our touring shows travel to schools, libraries, and cultural centers throughout the Northeast region. We offer workshops, classes, summer camps, and training opportunities to both children and adults, and we partner with emerging artists to develop new work. We share our passion for puppetry as a vital, living art form and strive to engage audiences of all ages abilities and backgrounds. We support the use of puppetry for entertainment, in education, and as a means of creative self-expression. After 40 years of operations, the theater has become a treasured cultural institution. Puppet Showplace is run by an experienced staff and volunteer board of trustees. We are supported by contributions from individual donors, local businesses and foundation and government grants. From children’s birthday party performances to provocative Puppets at Night performances, our programming is designed to reach a large and diverse audience.