Creative fun with heart wisdom

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About Zenwing

Zenwing Puppets is based in Ross-shire in the beautiful Highlands of Scotland.  Chris, an artist/actor and puppeteer, carves the wooden bits beautifully, constructs the stage sets and lighting. Karrie (also a puppeteer) designs the shows and workshops. We began touring in 2005 with the support of HI~Arts and Highlands & Islands Enterprise.  Venues range from city theatres to village halls, rural barns and an arctic fish wagon. We enjoy meeting so many innovative communities and children. We also like to come home again!

Creativity is a shapechanger, and we experience the energising flow and collisions this brings into our lives. We build puppets that make us laugh; and puppets that turn hideous over night. We are not virtuoso performers, but we are passionate about puppetry. We aim to do our creative best for every audience or group we work with.

The name Zenwing came through a word play on ‘penguin’. The whistling penguin appeared in our first public show ‘Life’s a Mystery’.  He randomly moved back and forth across the stage. He wasn’t really anything to do with the story, but his happy presence seemed important in a Zen kind of way.

The Ross-shire State Puppet Circus family show was our first major touring production. Hi-Arts Producers Fund was our life-line, and we thank all the audiences who adorned red noses and participated in the spirit of the show.

BBC Highland Lives 2007

See Zenwing’s ‘Creative Spaces’ audio-visual slide show on www.bbc.co.uk/highlandlives  Click on BBC Scotland Player

More about Zenwing will follow. If you would like further information, please contact us.

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