Siân Kidd
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
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2015 |
Puppeteer/Performer
Theatre |
Beauty and the Beast Norwich Puppet Theatre |
|
2014 |
Head of Puppet Production and Performance
Television |
Birdseye Stir in your Senses Vine release Art and War Productions |
|
2014 |
Puppet operator/Performer
Theatre |
Beasty Baby R&D Theatre-Rites |
Polka theatre |
2014 |
Director/Performer
Theatre |
Death Puppet Klezma Jam Mirth and Misery |
Uk Tour |
2014 |
Lead Puppeteer
Theatre |
‘Town Mouse and Country Mouse’ Movingstage Marionette Company |
The Puppet Theatre Barge |
2014 |
Puppeteer (Xolo)
Theatre |
Memoirs of August 1914 Royal de Luxe |
|
2014 |
Puppeteer
Theatre |
Aurora Greenpeace |
Glastonbury Festival & Londons 'Save the Arctic' March |
2014 |
Creative Director
Theatre |
Mirth& Misery Mirth& Misery |
|
2014 |
Puppeter (reverse and straight scan operation)
Television |
Shabake Nim Marjan Television Network Ltd. |
Capital Studios |
2014 |
Puppeteer and Puppet Maker
Television |
'Moonrabbit' Music video Cloud Control |
|
2014 |
Puppeteer and Workshop Tutor
Theatre |
The Puppet Theatre Barge Moving Stage Marionette Company |
The Puppet Theatre Barge |
2013 |
Puppet Operator
Theatre |
La Tempesta Little Angel Theatre |
Jacksons Lane |
2012 |
Puppet Operator
Theatre |
Tim & Light Tucked In Productions |
UK Tour |
2011 |
Puppet Operator
Theatre |
Gingerline's Puppeteers Workshop Gingerline |
Canvas & Cream Forest Hill |
2010 |
Shadow Puppetry
Event |
Workshop Leader Movingstage Marionette Company |
Various London Schools |
2010 |
Puppet Maker
Theatre |
'9:21 to Shrub Hill’ New Diorama Theatre |
|
2009 |
Puppet Maker
Theatre |
Micheal Rosen's 'Pinnochio' Polka Theatre |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
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2014 | Masterclass in Joints and Mechanisms | Norwich Puppet Theatre |
2014 | The Logic of Movement | MAAF Academy |
2014 | The Secrets of the Fundamental Marionette | MAAF Academy |
2009 | Summer Traineeship | Puppet Theatre Barge |
2009 | BA (Hons) Drama and Theatre Studies | Middlesex university |
2007 | Carve a Wooden Puppet | PuppetCraft |
2006 | Introduction to Marionettes | London School of Puppetry |
Equipment
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About me
www.siankidd.comSian is a London based puppeteer, puppet maker, and workshop tutor specializing in carved wooden marionettes. Graduating from Middlesex University with a 2:1 BA in Theatre Arts in 2009, she has trained with Stephen Mottram, Movingstage Marionette Company and PuppetCraft.
Sian has just completed a run of 'Beauty and The Beast' at Norwich Puppet Theatre as well as working with Royal de Luxe on their 'Memoirs of August 1914' performance in Liverpool and with Greenpeace puppeteering their super-sized polar bear puppet Aurora both at Glastonbury Festival 2014 and their 2013 'Save the Arctic' march.
Sian was a puppeteer on the second series of ‘Shabake Nim’ the Iranian version of Spitting Image and has made puppets and props for music videos for the bands Cloud Control, Halogenix and NativeSun.
As well as performing for over 5 years with Movingstage Marionette company on The Puppet Theatre Barge she has also completed UK tours of 'La Tempesta' an aerial acrobatic and puppetry collaboration between Scarabeus Aerial Theatre Company and The Little Angel Theatre in 2013 and ‘Tim and Light’ with Tucked In Productions in 2012.
Sian is the creative director of Mirth and Misery a collaborative puppetry who aim to explore the many-facetted medium of the marionette. Currently performing their new show Death Puppet Klezma Jam the company has performed at Norwich Puppet Theatre as part of Manipulate Festival, Battersea Arts Centre for the Puppet Centre Trust, Shambala Festival, and the Puppet Theatre Barge. Sian has appeared in national film festivals in Jaha Browne’s short documentary ‘Coming Alive’ about the carving and finishing of George the zombie marionette who features in the show.
You can read a review of the show here: http://www.puppetcentre.org.uk/animations-online/reviews/death-puppet-klezma/
Email: removed
Twitter @OhSianKidd or @Mirthandmisery
Additional skills:
Puppet designer and maker.
Prop Maker
Actress
Director
Deviser
Singer (alto/soprano)
Referees:
Gren Middleton - Movingstage Marionette Company
John Roberts - PuppetCraft
License & Passport
Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
Secondary Job Title | Puppet Builder |
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Job Titles | Director, Prop Maker, Set Builder, Teacher |
Years in industry | 3 to 6 years |