Green Ginger is a European theatre company based in

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, UK and Wiseppe, France that creates adult-oriented theatre and films featuring

puppetry Puppetry is a form of theatre or performance that involves the manipulation of puppets – inanimate objects, often resembling some type of human or animal figure, that are animated or manipulated by a human called a puppeteer. Such a perform ...

. Founded by Terry Lee in 1978, the company regularly tours its theatre productions throughout the world. Green Ginger collaborates with major arts organisations, including

Welsh National Opera Welsh National Opera (WNO) ( cy, Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru) is an opera company based in Cardiff, Wales; it gave its first performances in 1946. It began as a mainly amateur body and transformed into an all-professional ensemble by 1973. In its ...

and

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and its members teach at

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and the

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. Green Ginger has two artistic directors: Terry Lee who oversees the production of short puppet films in the company's French base; whilst Chris Pirie is responsible for its production base in Bristol, UK. Film Director

Terry Gilliam Terrence Vance Gilliam (; born 22 November 1940) is an American-born British filmmaker, comedian, animator, actor and former member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam has directed 13 feature films, including ''Time Bandits'' (1981), ''B ...

became patron of Green Ginger in 2001. Productions A Television Show (1978), Mack the Giant Thriller (1980), The Last Resort (1981), The Story So Far; The Beginning (1984), The Story So Far; Before the Beginning (1986), Gaston le Gouache (1987), Madame Zero (1989), Frank Einstein; Born to be Wired (1993), Boris the Eurobot (1994), PRATs (1996), Slaphead; Demon Barber (1996), Gaston and Pedro (1998), Bambi - The Wilderness Years (2000), Frank Einstein – Rewired (2001), Rust (2005), Mac et le Geant (2007), Zelda (2009), Le Drame des Autres (2012), Lionel the Vinyl (2013), Outpost (2014), Petit'Tom (2016), Intronauts (2018). Intronauts (2018) was its 21st original production and marked the company's 40th anniversary. The touring show, directed by Emma Williams and with an original soundscore by composer Simon Preston, was inspired by cult 60s sci-fi movies and portrayed a dystopian future where those with disposable income could buy have miniaturised human cleaners injected into their bodies to carry out routine maintenance and healthcare. In 2016, Green Ginger provided design and movement consultancy during the creation of 4 metre-long mini-spiders for

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's Metamorphosis show.

References

{{Reflist *"Theatre: There's more to puppets than Sooty and Sweep" Dominic Cavendish in ''The Independent'', 28 Oct 1998 *''New Welsh Review'', No. 49, p. 70 *Lyn Gardner in ''The Guardian'', 28 Feb 2001 *''BRUNIMA Bulletin'' (The Journal of British UNIMA) 107, July 2001 *''Dreams: The Terry Gilliam Fanzine'' https://www.gilliamdreams.com/cpirie02.htm Gilliam interview with Chris Pirie, May 2002

External links

Green Ginger web site
Puppet troupes 1978 establishments in England Puppetry in the United Kingdom