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The Puppet Parlour

Welcome one and all to the Puppet Parlour! Home to music, laughter, poetry, drama, explosions and a whole lot of mayhem, as we enter a world where puppets pull the strings.

Expect beautifully touching and bewitching puppetry by day and twisted vaudeville cabaret after sundown. Whether you’re looking for a moment of calm or a rip-roaring ride of adventure – The Puppet Parlour has something for everyone.

What's On at The Puppet Parlour?

Monsters aren’t really scary – they just want somebody to dance with! Bring your dancing shoes, and your best dance moves and join the...

A Turtley Awesome Adventure. Loic is a wise and brave adventurer who is relied on by many but there is unrest in the waters...

You are all cordially invited to the MONSTER DISCO and what better way to make an entrance than turning up with your very own...

Mother Earth has a story to tell, but she isn’t feeling well.Our doctors don’t know how to save her, we need your help, can...

Saturday night brings you the best of the best in puppet cabaret. Featuring acts from our wonderful Puppet Parlour team and hosted by the...

For those who want to end their festival with a fright, this mixed bill offers an array of devilish delights. Whether it’s ooky spooky...

Why Fish? is a new one woman show that explores Izzy’s experience of living with Tourette’s Syndrome. Personifying her tics as brain neurone puppets,...

Pull back the veil and enter the Cabaret of Curiosities – a gothic, vaudeville extravaganza for adults and teens who enjoy the stranger side...

KILL ALL CYNICISTS is a puppetry and storytelling show by Roos Buskes and Tuesday Wulterkens. But it is way more than that. It started...

The Magic Lady created by Freddie Hayes, Directed by Mikey Bligh Smith.After Edinburgh Fringe smash hit Potatohead, Freddie Hayes returns to Shambala with her latest...

Liminal is a modern and abstract one person puppet show using marionettes and object manipulation. In a series of sequences that explores space and...

They found something buried in the theatre! An arctic expedition find something buried in the Ice, something not of this earth, and as the...

Returning to Shambala and the Puppet Parlour this year are Pop-up Puppet Cinema!  Taking the traditional Punch and Judy stand and giving it a...

Arriving in a new city where it always rains, Kit is alone. Making friends is always hard, but here, it feels almost impossible. The...