We create visually stunning unique work, with atmospheric live music. Powerful stories are woven to resonate in the hearts and minds of audiences. We first and foremost use objects to tell these original stories through transforming sets and intricate puppetry, these elements defy expectation and surprise by taking on a life of their own. Live music also plays a key role in what we do bringing the heartfelt images to life. We strive to make memorable experiences that cross generations and can be shared in and enjoyed together.
Our first production A Heart at Sea was launched in April 2016 in a secret garden, in the pilgrim’s city of Canterbury. This is collaboration between Half a String’s Artistic Director Peter Morton and associate artist Avi Simmons, and since then it has grown into a performance that is toured nationally 2017-2019. A Heart at Sea was hugely well received at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival playing to sold out audiences, had multiple 5 star reviews and won the Drayton Arms Eddies Award. Boulder was their next major production, philosophical epic folk puppetry that and received critical acclaim in 2019. We also launched Under the Frozen Moon in 2019, a stunning winter show about a girl adventuring to give a dragon a hug, alongside this we published a fully illustrated storybook.
Half a String works regularly around the south east with venues to deliver workshops and have forged a reputation for intricate puppetry and complex set design through numerous commissions for other companies across the UK.
Our first production A Heart at Sea was launched in April 2016 in a secret garden, in the pilgrim’s city of Canterbury. This is collaboration between Half a String’s Artistic Director Peter Morton and associate artist Avi Simmons, and since then it has grown into a performance that is toured nationally 2017-2019. A Heart at Sea was hugely well received at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival playing to sold out audiences, had multiple 5 star reviews and won the Drayton Arms Eddies Award. Boulder was their next major production, philosophical epic folk puppetry that and received critical acclaim in 2019. We also launched Under the Frozen Moon in 2019, a stunning winter show about a girl adventuring to give a dragon a hug, alongside this we published a fully illustrated storybook.
Half a String works regularly around the south east with venues to deliver workshops and have forged a reputation for intricate puppetry and complex set design through numerous commissions for other companies across the UK.
Core Creative Team
Artistic Director
- Director, Designer, Performer & Puppeteer-
- Director, Designer, Performer & Puppeteer-
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Peter is a visual artist who specialises in intricate puppet design & complex set. As artistic director of Half a String he strives to craft powerful stories that use puppetry & stunning set as a fulcrum. In his design work he is greatly inspired by The Handspring Puppet Company, Japanese Bunraku Puppet Theatre, and visual art. He has worked as a performer & designer with Half Moon Theatre (Dust), Theatre Témoin (The Marked & Roots), Sparkle and Dark (I AM BEAST), Stuff and Nonsense (3 Little Pigs), The Gulbenkian Theatre, The Marlowe, The Big Reveal (Dancing on Armistice Day), House of Stray Cats (Invisible Me), Futures Theatre (Cracked Plaster Sky), and is co-founder of Knuckle and Joint Theatre Company. www.peter-morton.co.uk |
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Associate Artist
- Performer, Collaborator, Musician and Writer -
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Avi Simmons is a singer-songwriter and performer based in Canterbury, Kent. An associate artist of Half A String, she co-wrote & performed in their previous production A Heart At Sea. She performed as a Musician/Clown in Box Clever (2017) A Marlowe - nabokov production, and is a company director and performer for clown company Acá Theatre. For over 8 years, Avi has performed her music solo, gigging all over the country. Her studio releases include two Eps, Hey Why (2018) and You Said 'Live (2016).
www.avismusic.com |
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Contact us here:
Peter@halfastring.co.uk For all enquires about touring please email: touring@halfastring.co.uk Twitter: @HalfaString Facebook: www.facebook.com/HalfaString/ |
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