Muppets And Puppets – A
Kaleidoscope Event
Louise
Gold starred as herself (a notable British television puppeteer), at Birmingham
City University Curzon Building on Saturday 7 September 2019
Cast
Hosts – Tony
Currie and Claire Bueno
Guest Puppeteers and others
Ronnie Le Drew – Puppeteer (Zippy)
Jeff Smart – Puppeteer (Sooty, and creator of
Nosey Parker is Go)
Nigel Plaskitt – Puppeteer (Hartley Hare)
Louise
Gold – Puppeteer (Funella Furchester,
Zelda Rose, and others)
Warrick
Brownlow-Pile –
Puppeteer (Gonger, Hoots, Dodge Dog and others)
Jocelyn Stevenson - Scriptwriter
Phil Fletcher – Puppeteer (Hacker T Dog, and others),
and, Puppet Builder
Neil Sterenberg – Puppet Builder & Puppeteer
Dave Chapman – Puppet Builder & Puppeteer
Will McNally - puppeteering Muffin The Mule
Production Team
Chris Perry – for Kaleidoscope
For
a description of the day/ review
please click here.
Ronnie Le Drew, Nigel
Plaskitt had previously puppeteered
on Labyrinth. and, The Muppet Christmas Carol
Ronnie Le Drew, Nigel
Plaskitt, Louise
Gold, and, Dave Chapman had puppeteered together on Muppet
Treasure Island
Ronnie Le Drew appeared on the documentary The Wonderful World Of Puppets, which Will
McNally’s mother also appeared in (to represent the Hogarth puppeteers)
Ronnie Le Drew, and, Louise Gold
took part in the Labyrinth 25th
Anniversary Screening.
Nigel Plaskitt and Louise Gold have of course both worked on Spitting Image, The Spooks of Bottle Bay, Alice In Wonderland, Space Sprongs, Five Minutes More, and, Best Ever Spitting Image. Nigel also
directed Louise’s cabaret act Louise
Gold – By Appointment.
Nigel Plaskitt
and Louise Gold both puppeteered
on Tale of The Bunny Picnic, The Secret Life Of Toys, and, Mopatop’s Shop, which Jocelyn Stevenson was a writer on.
Nigel Plaskitt, Louise
Gold, Warrick Brownlow-Pike, and, Dave Chapman all puppeteered
on That Puppet Game Show.
Jocelyn Stevenson was of course also a writer on Fraggle Rock, and, The Ghost Of Faffner Hall.
Warrrick
Brownlow-Pike and Louise Gold first puppeteered
together on Transmission Impossible With Ed And Oucho, for which Phil Fletcher built puppets.
Warrick Brownlow-Pike and Louise Gold have also
puppeteered together on Muppets Most Wanted.
Warrick
Brownlow-Pike, Louise Gold, and Neil Sterenberg have all worked, together
on The Furchester
Hotel.
Phil Fletcher puppeteered
on Scoop.
Links about Muppets And
Puppets
Kaleidoscope Publishing: https://www.tvbrain.info/shop
ITV news compilation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP0ltwG7c3c
