(infos disponibles en Francais/infos disponibles en Espagnole).
And we're off, 2012 starts with cutting edge interactive pneumatic powered puppet workshop at The Bartlett School of the Built Environment at UCL and development of a sketch of new show "Something To Hold" with Kevin Finnan as well as getting Compass (Flight of Fancy Simulators), Action Painting (beautiful interactive messy painting machines spectacle) and a new team for HONEY. All this with the help of Cassie Kill joining us as our new administrator.

COMPASS IS GO!!! December saw The Flycycle in Huddersfield's Festival of Light around the city centre. The Flycycle is the first Flight Of Fancy Simulator of Compass, to be accompanied in 2012 by The Submercycle. Both have been commissioned by and developed with the fantastic Sheffield children's Festival.

We've successfully performed "Hecate Awakes" 6 times at Nutcrack Night with Wild Rumpus in Chorley and at Fright Night in Sheffield, images and video will be up soon. We also did Lighting The Legend in Ordsall Hall, with the Ordsall Community Arts team to 1,500 people, it was raining, a bit...

With the generous support of the Co-operative, we now continue to offer �450 discount on fees for our acclaimed Honey show for the remainder of 2011. Contact pifpaftheatre@gmail.com for more details or if you'd like to book. An amazing opportunity!

Jumblies are go!, August saw the launch of the new Jumblies show and sieve-about (private Jumbly Joke, sorry) at Just So Festival and Shambala, went down really well, images will be up soon. The Jumblies is part of our on-going Object and Impulse Research and Development with our Aerial Crane, supported by Puppet Centre Trust, mac in Birmingham and Grants For The Arts.

GFA funding awarded for the development of "Object and Impulse"
Alongside our Puppets About residency at mac Birmingham and with the Puppet Centre Trust we have support from Arts Council England and the National Lottery to explore new structures and objects and movement with them. We'll be working with fantastic collaborators and the work will start to bear fruit in summer 2012.


With continued support from the Co-operative and their Plan Bee HONEY has already done 17 days of shows this year reaching over 2,000 audience, shows have been going really well and continue into the autumn and beyond.

TRUNK had an outing at Leicester Belgrave Mela strolling amongst the thronging crowds, but getting a bit carried away, he tried to wash a police car but didn't realise the window was open! NAUGHTY ELEPHANT!

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FlyCycle is GOOOO! Commissioned by our friends at Sheffield Children's Festival we have put the finishing touches to our "Flight Of Fancy Simulator", it appeared twice as part of the festival and will be winging it around the country from now on.
We hope you caught our two wonderful puppets for London Bubble, on the 25th of May- photos will be up soon!

Pif-Paf were part of this year's wonderful Manchester Day Parade. We be worked with the Nexus Arts Cafe staff and volunteers to create a magical Night Garden complete with a Flying Owl, and a magical table inhabited by some very surprising creatures.
In April Pete spent two weeks at Theater Titanick in Leipzig, Germany, working with the engineers and performers as they develop a new show "Hohofen Symphonie" learning about large scale object animation and engineered special effects. The visit was supported by a Travel and Training Bursary from the Puppet Centre Trust. He's adding a visit to Berlin, Paris and Nantes to see puppetry and theatre and visit La Machine on the way back. (28/03/11)

Eleanor has recently returned from a month working as assistant director on the development of Ill Met By Moonlight by Moonfool Theatre, working with the techniques that we plan to use in our Puppets About Residency over the coming year.(8/03/11)

Pif-Paf have secured a Puppets About residency! We'll be working with MAC in Birmingham and The Puppet Centre Trust to develop an exciting new area of our work, impulse and object. We'll get rehearsal space, mentorship and the opportunity to showcase our work at partner venues.(10/02/11)

Our very own Pete Gunson has been awarded the Established Artists� Travel and Training Bursary from The Puppet Centre Trust to travel to Leipzig and work with Theatre Titanik.

HONEY is being redeveloped again for 2011 with support from The Co-Operative. We are already taking bookings for both the full HONEY show and The Bee-Cart! TRUNK and The Jumblies will both be touring in 2011 with re-development work under way.


Thanks to all of you who joined us at For The Love Of It gathering at The Watershed in Slaithwaite. Hosted this year by Pif-Paf, Impossible Theatre and NASA, FLOI is an artist led get together to connect, invigorate and inspire street artists and other professionals. The free event was held on February 3rd, and will be held again early in the year next year. Details on the website nearer the time.

We hope you caught I Think I'll Stay in Salford on 4th November. Building on our long standing relationship with Ordsall community, the show was a stunning after dark experience that brought the work and dreams of Ordsall to light and life. We�ve also just finished making a mobile museum for the Invisible Histories project at the Working Class Movement Library there.



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