Tragic Carpet Visual Theatre
@tragiccarpet.bsky.social
Movement based visual theatre. We use object theatre, puppetry, circus, mime, music, projection, and light to explore stories of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Edinburgh and touring. Freda O'Byrne: https://tragiccarpet.com/
How to Make Puppets Work Hands on learning with table top puppets for children and adults and cross generational groups.
How to Make Puppets Work
Hands on learning with table top puppets for children and adults and cross generational groups.
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This confidence building community based class is 'drop in', free to attend and runs weekly opn Tuesdays form 10.30 to 12.30 at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre: https://luma.com/atob8e8l
Drama@Drylaw
Looking for friendship and Fun? This confidence building community based class is 'drop in', free to attend and runs weekly on Tuesdays from 10.30 to 12.30 at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre. We do lots of different standalone skills based drama exercises and games every week plus conversation and mutual support. Participant feedback 2026 "Fun and laughter, a cup of tea and a blether, new friends and learning different styles of stage work.
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Ticket Links for Biggar Little Festival and the International Storytelling Festival or see bio if Insta: https://bit.ly/LittleToyAtBiggar https://bit.ly/RavensAtBiggar
The Biggar Little Festival
Ada and Little Toy are heading south! There is great excitement amongst the Suitcases - The Little Toy (3-5s at 11am) and The Seven Ravens (5 to 7s at 3pm) are both heading to the Little Biggar Festival on the 16th October. Tickets are available at the Festival Box Office on the day but, even better, and really, really helpful you can book online here: …
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Ada – An International Star Ada is Performing! Ada is very excited to let us all know that she will be performing at the International Storytelling Festival's Family Programme later this year! She has already packed and oiled her suitcase - an essential maintenance procedure since she discovered…
Ada – An International Star
Ada is Performing! Ada is very excited to let us all know that she will be performing at the International Storytelling Festival's Family Programme later this year! She has already packed and oiled her suitcase - an essential maintenance procedure since she discovered what might happen to her suitcase locks if neglected ... Catch her and her suitcase this October 13th and 14th October at The Scottish Storytelling Centre sisf.org.uk #scotstoryfest #SuitcaseStories #families #puppetry #storytelling @scotstoryfest@scottishstorytellingcentre@tracscotland@edinburghfestivals
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Where in the World? This Friday Little Toy and Ada are off to the Pittenween Festival! We will be at the Church Hall James Street and we are beyond excited! Come and see us! Bring the family! What do you think of our new noticeboard? #puppetry #Pittenweem #storytelling #families #earlyyears…
Where in the World?
This Friday Little Toy and Ada are off to the Pittenween Festival! We will be at the Church Hall James Street and we are beyond excited! Come and see us! Bring the family! What do you think of our new noticeboard? #puppetry #Pittenweem #storytelling #families #earlyyears #needlefelting #crafts #creativeplay
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The Making of a Noticeboard Very recently I learnt that I needed a noticeboard. A bit of a lightbulb moment and inspired by some lovely artists I had met at Wildhood Festival recently. So I got together various bits and pieces from the scrap cupboard, bought a few essentials and asked my friend…
The Making of a Noticeboard
Very recently I learnt that I needed a noticeboard. A bit of a lightbulb moment and inspired by some lovely artists I had met at Wildhood Festival recently. So I got together various bits and pieces from the scrap cupboard, bought a few essentials and asked my friend Panna Chauhan, calligrapher extraordinaire, if she would help me with the lettering - and she did! Here is a wee essay of a rather enjoyable project we shared under the watchful eye of Tragic Carpet's HR department, Branwen.
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Backstage at Suitcase Stories Gem, Addy and Little Toy are waiting in the wings! Last few tweaks and rehearsal in the kitchen. We are very excited to be heading off to the #Wildhood Festival tomorrow. Ada and the Seven Ravens are preening feathers and packing rucksacks as we speak. #freelancelife…
Backstage at Suitcase Stories
Gem, Addy and Little Toy are waiting in the wings! Last few tweaks and rehearsal in the kitchen. We are very excited to be heading off to the #Wildhood Festival tomorrow. Ada and the Seven Ravens are preening feathers and packing rucksacks as we speak. #freelancelife #puppeteer #storytelling #WildhoodFestival
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Countdown to Wildhood Festival with Ada and Little Toy We are already counting sleeps! It is only a few weeks until we take Ada and her story to the Wildhood Festival - Scotland’s multi-award winning children’s festival - at Tullibole Castle in Perthshire. Ada is also bringing her friend - Little…
Countdown to Wildhood Festival with Ada and Little Toy
We are already counting sleeps! It is only a few weeks until we take Ada and her story to the Wildhood Festival - Scotland’s multi-award winning children’s festival - at Tullibole Castle in Perthshire. Ada is also bringing her friend - Little Toy - with her - two fabulous Suitcase Stories Our bags are almost packed already! We can't wait and are so excited - see you there!!
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BLUE BALLOON *—very pleased to have a new #experimental prose- #Poetry - #Art fragment published with @icefloepress.bsky.social. with thanks to editors/curators: @rfredekenter.bsky.social & @vikkicwrites.bsky.social. ... icefloepress.net/2026/02/20/s... #Writing #WritingCommunity
‘something–… ephemeral—blue – balloon,’ – Mark BOLSOVER
‘something–… ephemeral—blue – balloon,’ – Mark Bolsover Blue BalloonDownload AUTHOR STATEMENT: My work represents High-Modernist (Woolf, Joyce, Proust,)-inspired experiments in psychological …
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SpotOn Festival in Lancashire It has been such a blast this mini tour of Lancashire libraries and community spaces with Ada and her story, The Seven Ravens. We have been hosted by the SpotOn, Lancashire's rural and library touring network. This morning saw our fifth performance to an audience of…
SpotOn Festival in Lancashire
It has been such a blast this mini tour of Lancashire libraries and community spaces with Ada and her story, The Seven Ravens. We have been hosted by the SpotOn, Lancashire's rural and library touring network. This morning saw our fifth performance to an audience of 33 parents, carers and children in Skelmersdale Library followed by a smashing welcome in the afternoon at Parbold Library.
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Nosferatu in Perth and Kinross On Monday this week I was in Crieff. I shared two performances of 'Nosferatu', one of which was dementia friendly, at the Richmond Care Home. Thank you to the wonderful care staff, particularly Suzie and to Strathearn Arts for its support. It was a most enjoyable…
Nosferatu in Perth and Kinross
On Monday this week I was in Crieff. I shared two performances of 'Nosferatu', one of which was dementia friendly, at the Richmond Care Home. Thank you to the wonderful care staff, particularly Suzie and to Strathearn Arts for its support. It was a most enjoyable day! #Nosferatu #Puppetry #StrathearnArts #RichmondCareHome #Crieff #Storytelling #PerthandKinross
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An Actor’s Core Skills: Storytelling This September I will be delivering this weekly course for Edinburgh Acting School at Summerhall Arts. The above pictures are of some of last terms students presenting the story they created in their final class of the course. We spent the term looking at lots…
An Actor’s Core Skills: Storytelling
This September I will be delivering this weekly course for Edinburgh Acting School at Summerhall Arts. The above pictures are of some of last terms students presenting the story they created in their final class of the course. We spent the term looking at lots of different aspects of storytelling - our voices, our bodies, our relationship to the audience, the use (or not) of technology, preparation for performance, rehearing, feeling confident, visual storytelling, object theatre and puppetry.
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A Wonderful Week in July I had the privilege of travelling down to the home of Puppetcraft in Devon to take a week long marionette carving course with John Roberts. This is my second training course with John, the first being in 2016 which took place at the Little Angel Theatre in Islington,…
A Wonderful Week in July
I had the privilege of travelling down to the home of Puppetcraft in Devon to take a week long marionette carving course with John Roberts. This is my second training course with John, the first being in 2016 which took place at the Little Angel Theatre in Islington, London. There was a class of three - my colleagues being both fun to be with and wonderfully supportive.
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My Two Bessies are off to Beacon Arts! Ada and Little Toy are bringing their stories to Beacon Arts this Sunday. Ada is going on an epic adventure to find her seven brothers and Little Toy is risking life and limb on the high seas in search of best friend Gem. Don't miss them! Little Toy is at 11…
My Two Bessies are off to Beacon Arts!
Ada and Little Toy are bringing their stories to Beacon Arts this Sunday. Ada is going on an epic adventure to find her seven brothers and Little Toy is risking life and limb on the high seas in search of best friend Gem. Don't miss them! Little Toy is at 11 am and Ada's story - The Seven Ravens - is at 1.30. Click on the links to book! #puppets #stories #fairytales #families #storytelling #objecttheatre #beaconarts
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Marionette Carving in Devon Last week was glorious, so very sunny and also extremely challenging. Me and my wee van travelled down to Totnes in Devon to spend a week woodcarving with John Roberts of Puppetcraft. There were two other woodcarving students - lovely folk - and we spent an idyllic, if…
Marionette Carving in Devon
Last week was glorious, so very sunny and also extremely challenging. Me and my wee van travelled down to Totnes in Devon to spend a week woodcarving with John Roberts of Puppetcraft. There were two other woodcarving students - lovely folk - and we spent an idyllic, if very hardworking, week designing and making our own marionettes. This was the second time I had done this course with John - the first being in May 2016 at The Little Angel - and it was really good to revisit the processes and to approach the week with a better understanding of puppetry and even a little bit of wood carving experience under my belt. Very happy.
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Puppetry For Actors Relaxed focus... exploring core principles. Unlock Your Performance: Explore Puppetry for Actors at EAS Studios Hello everyone! I'm delighted to invite you to a workshop I'll be leading at Edinburgh Acting School Studios – a great opportunity to explore new avenues of creative…
Puppetry For Actors
Relaxed focus... exploring core principles. Unlock Your Performance: Explore Puppetry for Actors at EAS Studios Hello everyone! I'm delighted to invite you to a workshop I'll be leading at Edinburgh Acting School Studios – a great opportunity to explore new avenues of creative expression and expand your acting toolkit through puppetry. Giving Life to Objects: In the puppetry training for actors…
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🙏🏻 Thank you to the friends and colleagues who came to our wee sharing yesterday. Our Suitcase Story 🧛Nosferatu ⚰️ has really developed over the last few weeks but it's not a show until there's an audience there with you! 😊 We learnt so much from performing to this first test audience...
📣 Introducing the Nosferatu team... Jen McGregor - Dramaturg @jenbitespeople.bsky.social is an award-winning writer, director and dramaturg. Credits include Who Pays the Piper (PPP), The Premorial (Birds of Paradise/Perth Theatre), Ghost Stories (Pitlochry Festival Theatre), Divergent Sounds...
❤️ We love tiny things!!! 🔎 💼 Our Suitcase Stories have lots of lovely tiny things. 🥳 In appreciation and celebration of all things small and tiny... please share some tiny things with us in the comments! 👀 We can't wait to see them! 🔎 #suitcasestories #tinyworlds #tinydetails #smallthings #tiny
Freda and Stacey have been working away in the studio at Edinburgh Acting School refining and perfecting all the finer puppetry performances details in Nosferatu. #puppetryperformancemaking #puppetryskills #tinyworlds #theatremaker #rehearsalroom #theatreindevelopment #nosferatu #suitcasestories
📣 Introducing the Nosferatu team... Stacey Mitchell - Puppetry Director 🌍 Stacey is a Scottish puppeteer, puppetry director, actor and singer based in Edinburgh. Her work continues to take her all over the UK and Europe. She has worked as a puppeteer and puppetry director with many theatre....
HR delivering a tasty fruit and nut platter to the creative team in between bursts of 'sticking and pasting' today.... A day of making and repairing. #puppetrymaking #puppettheatredesign #crafts #nosforatu #setdesign #theatremaker
Sheer Joy… Lissa Of Joyrides on the promenade with 'Betsy', the electric bike, and two lovely clients snugly wrapped up against the sea breeze in gorgeous crocheted blankets. We are preparing for Tragic Carpet's first performance of Nosferatu at The Seagrove Centre next week. The Seagrove Centre…
Sheer Joy…
Lissa Of Joyrides on the promenade with 'Betsy', the electric bike, and two lovely clients snugly wrapped up against the sea breeze in gorgeous crocheted blankets. We are preparing for Tragic Carpet's first performance of Nosferatu at The Seagrove Centre next week. The Seagrove Centre is a great resource that provides support to people living with dementia. I am helping Tragic Carpet reach this new audience, an audience that often doesn't get the chance to participate in high quality arts.
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📣 Introducing the Nosferatu team... John Moore - Composer 🎼 John has composed music for many of Tragic Capet's shows including ‘Island On The Edge Of The World’, ‘Heart Of A Dog’, FishOrMan’ and also for the original production of ‘Nosferatu’ which was first staged as a physical theatre...
🥰 What a pleasure to attend The Gathering 2025 and meet the many performers, promoters and others for performances, discussions and networking. 🙏🏻 Thank you so much to The Touring Network for organising another great event in Strathpeffer!...
Our Puppetry for Actors workshop is open for bookings 🗓 Saturday 7th June ⏰️ 10am-5pm 🌍 Edinburgh Acting School at Summerhall 💰 £44.50 www.tickettailor.com/events/edinb... #puppetry #puppetrytraining #puppetryworkshop #puppeteer #actortraining #edinburghactingschool #puppetryskills
Guess what came in the post today...?? 📨 q-lad - a remote controller made specifically to fire qlab cues. We are over the moon! @haddonkime.com
📣 Introducing the Nosferatu team.... Sheena Millar - Producer 💫 Sheena runs Rural Touring Agency, and is a producer and tour booker, working with independent artists and small companies who create theatre, dance, circus and children's performances.
📣 Introducing the Nosferatu team... Sound Design - @haddonkime.com 🎵 Haddon Kime is an award-winning composer, lyricist, and musical innovator whose work has spanned Broadway-style musicals, film scoring, and pioneering digital formats like the “zoomsical.” While his role on Nosferatu focuses...
📣 Introducing the Nosferatu team... @mslizstrange.bsky.social - Social Media Support Liz is an Edinburgh based actor, physical theatre maker and facilitator. Her experience and interest in visual, participatory and interactive theatre has lead her to channel her skills into social media support...
