At the Beverley Puppet Fest and just met a childhood hero, the legendary Zippy from Rainbow and his/her wrangler the amazing Ronnie Le Drew . If my 7 year old self could see me now he would freak out #AlwaysMeetYourHeroes

#Last day of the Puppet Workshop !! What a week !!! Amazing tutor, fantastic puppets and new friends made😀Beverley Puppet Fest #puppetmaking #beverley #puppets #fun

Thanks to the brilliant sellout crowd at Beverley Puppet Fest for an incredible Eurovision Sock Contest tonight! The winner was the improv song: Andorra's entry, about ski-ing, to the tune of Y Viva Espana. Sometimes you just have to be there. Next stop New Barrack Tavern Sheffield

Thanks to the fab crowds in Beverley Puppet Fest & New Barrack Tavern Sheffield for two cracking previews of Eurovision Sock Contest. The winning songs were UK today, & the improv Andorran entry on Friday. Today's improv song, Russia, singing about suicide, amazingly didn't take the prize.

Fabulous day Beverley Puppet Fest yesterday with all kinds of wonderful stories & characters being shared Eye of Newt Theatre Arts #Puppetuity #EdieEdmondson #LuminousTales #SarahVigars Tim Davies #Vivify Solidarity with all the performers - especially those in Lycra costumes!! 🥴🌞😎

On three…one, two, three, PUPPETS! 🎉 🎊 A huge THANK YOU to the audiences, the volunteers, the team, the artists, the traders, the funders, the partners, the caterers, the tech team…everyone who came together to make our largest ever festival possible. THANK YOU! ❤️

A massive thank you to all the HEY! Volunteering volunteers who helped make Beverley Puppet Festival 2022 happen - quite literally couldn’t have done it without you!

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🎊New project! Last night we begun Teeny Tiny Toon - a community project that seeks to tell Newcastle stories through #puppetry. We began by making a short film using Judith Hope’s beautiful puppet stage commission - more details, pictures and vides coming soon!

📣 NEWCASTLE PUPPETRY FESTIVAL GOING AHEAD! ⭐️ 8th - 15th April 2023 A huge thank you Arts Council England, Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland, Creative UK, National Lottery Heritage Fund, The D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust and The Joicey Trust for the support!

We're looking forward to attending the #REYTA 2022 awards ceremony tonight as finalists in the Remarkable Tourism Event of the Year category! Good luck to all the fantastic businesses and organisations nominated! 🤞

We've arrived at the #REYTA2022 awards with our mascot Jeffrey! Visit Hull & East Yorkshire

Here we go! #REYTA2022 about to start!

A great event gives a reason to visit a region, boosts tourism and delights visitors. In a tough category this year with so many amazing events there can be only one winner! Remarkable Tourism Event of the year goes too….@BevPuppetFest #REYTA2022

We won!!! Thank you and well done to all the nominees #REYTA2022

And that concludes our evening. We are going to have a little dance to Frankie's Guys, make sure everyone gets back on the coaches and then collapse. We hope you have enjoyed following along with us. A huge well done to all of our winners...Goodnight! x #REYTA2022

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