Join us to celebrate the opening of Smethwick Puppetry Festival with an afternoon of puppet fun!

Tatwood Puppets will present ‘Count Ocular’, bringing us close-up magic to transport audiences back to the bizarre delights of vaudeville and variety. ‘Blast Off!’ will be available for mini performances, and Animus Puppetry will be bringing their wild walkabout animals.

The official opening of the festival and “The Crankie Forest” exhibition will take place at 5pm.



No Strings Tickets (Free): We have a limited number of No Strings tickets available for each show in the festival. These tickets are free, no questions asked. If a paid ticket isn’t an option for you right now, we’d love for you to join us. Just fill out our quick form here and we’ll send you your tickets.