{"id":23389,"date":"2024-10-28T11:44:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T10:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=23389"},"modified":"2024-10-28T11:44:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T10:44:59","slug":"ards-puppet-festival-celebrates-the-animal-kingdom-this-half-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2024\/10\/ards-puppet-festival-celebrates-the-animal-kingdom-this-half-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Ards Puppet Festival Celebrates the Animal Kingdom this Half Term!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Come along to Ards Puppet Festival in Ards Arts Centre, Newtownards on Sunday 27 and Monday 28 October, for lots of puppet family fun! \u00a0The Autumn-themed festival, organised by Ards and North Down Borough Council, will welcome a packed programme celebrating animals of all shapes and sizes, through puppetry performances, workshops, and even a <em>Puppet Petting Farm!<\/em><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-23390\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/>Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of puppetry with <strong>Sea Legs Puppet Theatre\u2019s<\/strong> gentle, musical retelling of <em>The Ugly Duckling<\/em>, where you\u2019ll meet the Story Man and a host of other colourful characters. Join <em>Henry Clutterback and The Musicians of Bremen<\/em> on an exciting new journey filled with friendship and bravery. Keep an eye out for the wolf in <strong>Banyan Puppet Theatre\u2019s<\/strong> classic rendition of <em>Red Riding Hood<\/em> and get ready for plenty of fun when Granny hosts a sleepover in the brand-new show <em>Don\u2019t Let the Bed Bugs Bite!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Over both days, festival-goers can enjoy <strong>Clydebuilt Puppet Theatre\u2019s<\/strong> lively performance of <em>Billy Goats Gruff<\/em> and Professor Queen-Bee\u2019s <em>It\u2019s Bee-Hind You<\/em>, a Punch and Judy-style show with a \u2018green\u2019 twist. <strong>Handmade Theatre Company<\/strong> will charm audiences with their <em>Puppet Petting Farm,<\/em> where families can interact with handcrafted animal puppets. Children can also participate in puppet-making workshops to create their own characters.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the festival, Arts Community Development Officer, Amy McKelvey said: <em>\u201cWe are thrilled to be presenting a variety of puppet talent at this year\u2019s festival and can&#8217;t wait to welcome families to Ards Arts Centre for a truly magical event\u00a0which will appeal to young and old alike.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With a mix of bookable shows and free activities, <strong>Ards Puppet Festival <\/strong>promises two-days of fun for the whole family. The festival takes place from 27 \u2013 28 October in Ards Arts Centre, Conway Square, Newtownards.<\/p>\n<p>To view the full programme and to book tickets, go to: <a href=\"https:\/\/puppetfestival.andculture.org.uk\/whats-on\">https:\/\/puppetfestival.andculture.org.uk\/whats-on<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come along to Ards Puppet Festival in Ards Arts Centre, Newtownards on Sunday 27 and Monday 28 October, for lots of puppet family fun! \u00a0The Autumn-themed festival, organised by Ards and North Down Borough Council, will welcome a packed programme celebrating animals of all shapes and sizes, through puppetry performances, workshops, and even a Puppet &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2024\/10\/ards-puppet-festival-celebrates-the-animal-kingdom-this-half-term\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23389"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23391,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23389\/revisions\/23391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}