Handspring Puppet Company

Handspring created the puppets for National Theatre productions War Horse and Or You Could Kiss Me. The company (run by Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones) was founded in South Africa in 1981, and is today arguably one of the greatest puppetry companies in the world. The National Theatre has a longstanding relationship with Handspring, who provide an artistic home and professional base for a core group of performers, designers, theatre artists and technicians who collaborate with them on a project-by-project basis. Still based in South Africa, they continue to explore the boundaries of adult puppet theatre within an African context.

Recent Episodes
  • The Handspring Puppet Factory
    May 14, 2012 – 9:58
  • The Puppet Makers
    Jul 25, 2012 – 4:47
  • Handspring Puppet Company platform event
    Oct 17, 2011 – 42:24
  • The meaning of Handspring
    Apr 8, 2011 – 1:17
  • Handsprings - The Early Years
    Apr 8, 2011 – 1:43
  • Puppeteers are shy actors
    Apr 8, 2011 – 1:06
  • What is unique about puppet theatre?
    Apr 8, 2011 – 2:42
  • What is a puppet?
    Apr 8, 2011 – 2:41
  • How do you make a puppet?
    Apr 8, 2011 – 3:40
  • African stories
    Apr 8, 2011 – 1:29
  • Tall Horse (2004)
    Apr 8, 2011 – 1:41
  • Ambitions for the future (2007)
    Apr 8, 2011 – 1:49
  • Choreographing breath
    Apr 4, 2011 – 6:35
  • Choreographing thought
    Apr 4, 2011 – 9:04
  • Interview with Neil Bartlett
    Apr 4, 2011 – 1:34
  • Neil Bartlett's Or You Could Kiss Me (2010) - Pamphlet
    Apr 4, 2011 – 0:02
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