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The Puppet Theatre Barge returns to Richmond riverside for a season of magical puppet shows.

My Shadow and Me by Drew Colby is like a cartoon created live out of nothing but darkness and light. One person (and his shadow) meet and go on an incredible, imaginative, shadowy journey where creatures emerge, engage and transform beautifully. The show uses minimal language in combination with unusual interpretations of classical music and non-verbal voice effects. The show has toured to Turkey, India, Switzerland, Chile, Portugal, Malaysia, Italy, Russia, South Korea and Albania.

Winner of West End Cabaret Award 2018, Best show Moving Parts Festival 2019 and Top 3 Germany’s Got Talent 2021

This performance is accessible to the deaf and the hard of hearing.

Suitable for ages 4 - 10

Duration: 45 mins no interval

This show can be followed and enjoyed by 4 and 5 year olds, but also uses more complex ideas and concepts that older children and adults will get more out of. There is nothing really scary in this show but it does use dramatic music and lighting, for example the theatre will go dark during the performance which some children might find unsettling and the characters face some perils during the performance.

All ages are welcome at our shows and age ranges can only be a rough guide, but please bear in mind that My Shadow and Me was not specially designed for under-fours. A show aimed at two-year olds would have some differences – those shows are carefully made to hold their attention for the duration, and not to be unsettling for them. If you do bring under fours to the show, we ask that you take them out if they become upset or distracted so as not to affect the enjoyment of the rest of the audience.
 

* Please note that latecomers will not be admitted