Puppets On Screen

Are you looking to gain skills in screen puppetry? This two day intensive workshop will give participants the opportunity to try hand and rod puppetry, a style made famous by some of the most popular television series and films.

Working collaboratively, the group will develop specific technical skills for bringing puppet characters to life for TV including lip synch, eye lines and working with monitors. They will also explore the vocal and physical techniques required to create compelling screen puppetry performances.

There will be plenty of opportunities to practice, improvise and perform with Talk to the Hand’s collection of fun practice TV puppets. Group and individual feedback will be offered at every stage as well as a Q&A session when Iestyn will share knowledge from 25 years in the industry.

Iestyn Evans Bio

Iestyn Evans is a Puppetry Coordinator, Puppeteer, Puppet Designer and Co-Founder of the award-winning Talk to the Hand Studios. Working in the UK and internationally, his diverse portfolio spans live performance, TV, film and commercials.

Drawing upon over 25 years in the field, Iestyn is an expert in creating the perfect conditions for others to do their finest work, as a specialist project manager on large scale puppet builds and puppetry productions for live performance, film and television.

This work was recognized when Talk to the Hand won the Royal Television Society Craft award for their work on the BBC puppet sitcom “Mongrels”.

As a puppeteer his credits include Rogue One, The Force Awakens, Solo (Lucasfilm), Muppets Most Wanted (Jim Henson Company), Mary Poppins Returns (Disney) The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (Netflix/Jim Henson Company), Knuckles (Paramount) and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Paramount).