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Green Ginger is a European theatre company based in Bristol, UK and Wiseppe, France[1] that creates adult-oriented theatre and films featuring puppetry. Founded by Terry Lee in 1978, the company regularly tours its theatre productions throughout the world.[2][3] Green Ginger collaborates with major arts organisations, including Welsh National Opera[4][5][6][7] and Aardman Animations [8] and its members teach at University of Bristol, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette (France) and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.[9][10][11]

Green Ginger has two artistic directors: Terry Lee who oversees the production of short puppet films in the company's French base; whilst Chris Pirie is responsible for its production base in Bristol, UK. Film Director Terry Gilliam became patron of Green Ginger in 2001.[12]

Productions A Television Show (1978), Mack the Giant Thriller (1980), The Last Resort (1981), The Story So Far; The Beginning (1984), The Story So Far; Before the Beginning (1986), Gaston le Gouache (1987), Madame Zero (1989), Frank Einstein; Born to be Wired (1993), Boris the Eurobot (1994), PRATs (1996), Slaphead; Demon Barber (1996), Gaston and Pedro (1998), Bambi - The Wilderness Years (2000), Frank Einstein – Rewired (2001), Rust (2005), Mac et le Geant (2007), Zelda (2009), Le Drame des Autres (2012), Lionel the Vinyl (2013), Outpost (2014), Petit'Tom (2016).

References

  • "Theatre: There's more to puppets than Sooty and Sweep" Dominic Cavendish in The Independent, 28 Oct 1998
  • New Welsh Review, No. 49, p. 70
  • Lyn Gardner in The Guardian, 28 Feb 2001
  • BRUNIMA Bulletin (The Journal of British UNIMA) 107, July 2001
  • Dreams: The Terry Gilliam Fanzine http://www.smart.co.uk/dreams/cpirie02.htm Gilliam interview with Chris Pirie, May 2002