A puppeteer operates a large doll and paper cut-out children on a tabletop stage with a dark, starry background.

Two people operate a puppet show featuring a red double-decker bus with paper passengers and a blue dinosaur puppet on top.

A person operates a large doll puppet dressed in a red sweater and striped dress among paper cut-out figures and tall artificial grass on a stage.

A large puppet of a child in a striped dress and red sweater stands on a table next to a drawing of an older woman held by a person whose face is not visible.

A close-up of a person operating a large, realistic tiger puppet with painted features and visible whiskers, set against a dark background with star decorations.

The Paper Dolls

Thu 9 - Sat 11 Oct 2025

Venue: Studio Theatre

When a little girl cuts out a string of paper dolls she takes them by the hand and together they go on a fantastical adventure whirling through their home and garden.

Ticky, Tacky, Jackie the Backie, Jim with two noses and Jo with the bow fly through time and tear across worlds of fun and excitement.

They face the Jurassic clutches of a toy dinosaur and the snapping jaws of the ovenglove crocodile, and then a very real boy with very real scissors threatens to snip their adventure short…

Based on the original book ‘The Paper Dolls’ – written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated Rebecca Cobb.