Red Riding at Norwich Puppet Theatre

We had the pleasure of producing the Official Promo for a new production of Red Riding Hood at the Norwich Puppet Theatre.

We all know the story of Little Red Riding Hood, but which story do we know?

Norwich Puppet Theatre’s retelling of this classic folktale draws on the story’s origins in the oral tradition, together with versions by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm. Following the path to her grandmother’s house, through a forest filled with howling wolves, Red Riding Hood, a charcoal-burner’s daughter, needs to use her wits in order to survive. The story follows our eponymous heroine into the woods and is filled with a rich mix of puppetry, music, song,inventive staging and witty dialogue.

Norwich Puppet Theatre is a great organisation and it was a pleasure to finally get the chance to work with them. They are one of only two theatres in England dedicated to puppetry and almost had to close in 2008 when Arts Council England withdrew funding, but since then they have come back stronger than ever. It was lovely to meet the great team at the theatre and in particular the new Director Joy Haynes, and after hearing her plans we're glad to say the future looks very bright for Norwich Puppet Theatre.