CV

THEATRE
2024:
The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings R&D - Mike Shepherd - Puppeteer
The Overcoat - Wildefolk Theatre/Arts Council England - Puppet maker
2023:
The Pig - Sarah Fielding/Arts Council England - Puppet Director and Art Director
The Adventures of Curious Ganz - Silent Tide/Sarah Wright - Puppeteer
Clerc’s Inferno - DH Ensemble - Puppet Maker
Latitude festival - prop maker
Minny Stynker - Soap Soup Theatre - Shadow puppetry direction
Funny Bones - The Lowry/Jessica Thanki - Puppeteer
2022:
Animal Farm - Robert Icke and Toby Olie - Puppeteer
The Famous Five - Theatr Clwyd and Chichester Festival Theatre - Timmy Puppeteer
2021:
Puppetry with Printmaking - Develop your Creative Practice - Arts Council England
2020:
Freelance Task Force - Sponsored by Kneehigh Theatre
RAT - The Rat Affair - Puppet director/designer/puppeteer
Wolves in the Walls - Little Angel Theatre - Understudy puppeteer
2019:
The Wizard of Oz - Leeds Playhouse - Toto Puppeteer
The Dancing Frog - Kneehigh - Puppeteer
Modern Fairies - Sage Gateshead - Puppeteer/maker
Disarming Reverberations - Lepus Productions/Burns and Beyond - Puppeteer/Maker
WOLF - Kitchen Zoo/Northern Stage - Puppet designer and maker
2018:
Angelo - Little Angel Theatre - Puppeteer
The Adventures of Curious Ganz - Silent Tide/Little Angel Theatre - Puppeteer
The Dancing Frog - Kneehigh - Puppeteer
Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Kitchen Zoo/Northern Stage - Puppet designer and maker
2017:
Venus & Adonis - RSC - Puppeteer
Tin Drum Rehearsals - Kneehigh - Understudy Puppeteer
Swiss Family Robinson R&D - Silly Boys - Puppeteer/actor
Nothing R&D - Edie Edmundson - Puppeteer
Theatre Ballads - Horse & Bamboo/EFDSS - Puppeteer
The Tinfoil Astronaut - Kitchen Zoo - Puppet designer and maker
The Owl and the Pussycat - Kitchen Zoo - Puppet designer and maker
2016: Macbeth R&D - Shakespeare’s Globe - Witches Puppeteer
2015: The Elves & The Shoemaker - Silly Boys - Puppeteer/actor/musician

FILM/TV
The Wickywock and the Jub Jub Berry - BFI/Joseph Wallace & Cat Johnston - Puppeteer
A Good Girls Guide to Murder - BBC - Art department/Graphics
Princess & Peppernose - Samsung/Joe Wright - Shadow puppeteer/Maker
We are Lady Parts (ep 1) - Channel 4 - Puppeteer
Monty & Co (50 episodes) - Pipkins Productions - Puppeteer
Res Publica (short) - The Peoples String Foundation - Puppeteer
Alice’s Adventures Underground - Les Enfants Terribles - Puppeteer/maker for animation
Possum (feature) - Fyzz Facility - CFX Puppeteer

TRAINING
2016: Curious School of Puppetry
2015: Puppet making residency - Horse & Bamboo
2015: Comedy and Clown Training - Mick Barnfather
2012: War Horse Songman School

CONTACT DETAILS
Email: ailsadalling@gmail.com