Puppetry Consortium - Puppet Centre

Between November and January a collaborative project called ‘Working Together to Strengthen Puppetry’ funded by Arts Council England and coordinated by Puppet Centre Trust, brought together a group of individuals working in puppetry and related fields such as theatre, circus and street arts to explore how the puppetry sector might be better equipped to capitalise on its undoubted artistic successes by raising its own profile, building audiences and optimising funding opportunities. Among the [...] issues the puppetry leaders discussed were how to coordinate training provision, how to get more support from stakeholders and generate more funds for puppetry, how to provide support for touring work, and how to boost the production of mid-scale work. [...] augment the exceptional work done by existing organisations across the country – many of which will be Consortium members.