…for When Eggy Met Peggy
“Amy’s disarming charm and oddball humour totally captivated the inner child of every adult in the packed theatre”
Chris Pirie, Director of Green Ginger & Bristol Festival Of Puppetry 2011
“It works for adults as well as children because it is very witty and totally charming”
Katie Keeler, Theatre Bristol, Prototype, August, 2011
“We all loved your show and the boys are still talking about Eggy and Peggy and the horse and I’m still seeing your crazy raspberry leaping around with her bendy legs and smiling every time I think about it all!”
Holly Tatham, parent, Little Angel Theatre, London, March 10th 2012
“Thankyou so much for an entertaining show at Monkton Pre Prep. The children were buzzing and making great links to their learning”
Kathryn Morreu, Head Teacher, Monkton Combe Pre Prep, June 2014
“You created an amazing atmosphere. Brilliant soundtrack and range of accents.”
Alex Carter, Front of House Supervisor, Little Angel Theatre
“This production should win awards! I take my daughter (5 yrs) to lots of lovely shows but this is one of the best we’ve seen in a long time. It is joyful, funny and clever ,with perfectly pitched interaction”
Leanne Spackman, parent, The Egg @ Theatre Royal Bath, July 2012
“We all thoroughly enjoyed your visit. It was the first time that we’ve had a theatre experience in which all children, from reception to year 6, and staff, were totally absorbed throughout. It was fantastic.”
Louise James, Reception Teacher, Lea Primary School, Herefordshire, March 2nd 2012
“After giggling throughout a performance I was determined to book the brilliant When Eggy Met Peggy.”
Gabrielle Rabbitts, Electric Palace Theatre, Bridport, Dorset
“I thought it was absolutely amazing. So good to see something so inventive. It’s really not like anything I’ve ever seen before.”
Polly Lewis, Exhibitions Designer, Bristol Museum
“It’s brilliant and surreal… Ruben’s (age 5) favorite bit was Eggy pretending to be the princess and mine was Eggy and Peggy falling in love..it really made me laugh!
Ruth Myers, Myers-Insole Local Learning/Teacher
“Be prepared for a wonderful and original piece of theatre”
Lucy Brazier, PR & Communications Manager, River Cottage
“Tallulah Swirls is fantastic. I’m a real fan”
Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, River Cottage
“Absolutely fantastic show – wonderful mix of music, storytelling, art and theatre. Creative, imaginative, interactive. The children were mesmerized and thoroughly enjoyable for grown-ups too!”
Jane Messer, Teacher/Parent for Acorns Pre-School, Bath, May 2011
“Wow! What a fantastic puppet show. You really captured this young audiences’ attention – their faces lit up. Colourful, entertaining and imaginative. Loved the music to!! Will pass on details at school”
Sarah Underwood, Reception teacher, Coombe Down Primary, Bath
“Really loved it. Lovely twist on the story (of Princess And The Pea). Looks great, good sound and just the right length.”
Steve (parent), Bath
“What an amazing amazing show! The children were rapt. And the puppets are collector’s items. Milo liked the bit where Eggy got cracked. He thought that was very funny. Ella liked the carrot family the best. Lucy liked it when the raspberry got squashed.
Kate and Simon Maughan (parents), Bath
“Fabulous show which entertained adults and children alike – totally captivating. My son’s favourite bit was the raspberry music and it being squashed flat!”
Clare Mason (Joshua’s mum), Bath
“Fraser loved all of it! Especially the princess being thrown into the compost. A feast for all of the senses – funny, quirky, lovely.”
Miranda Coulson, parent, Bath
“I loved the raspberry dancing and the egg and pea dancing too”
Molly, age 5
“That’s actually the best puppet show I’ve ever seen”
Logan, age 4
“Children spellbound. Clapping, swaying, transfixed. Puppets are WONDERFUL. Visually so imaginative – Tallulah Swirls knows what inspires young minds.”
Candace Bahouth, (artist)
“Wow! What a show. Amazing puppets, fantastic music. Great watching how engaged the children were: laughing, shouting out, wonderment on their faces. When they all started to clap along to the fantastic soundtrack at their own instigation…just brilliant. Thankyou so much from all the parents too (who were just as engaged)”
Dena (pre-school leader, Acorns, Bath)
“Eggy was hilarious because he had popping out eyes”
Sienna, age 6
“Fantastic! Children completely absorbed, loving every second of it. Loved the quirkiness and the Johnny Cash was a brilliant touch! Kids favourite parts were the gardening with the Queen and Eggy dressed up as a princess!”
Parent, Bath
St Michaels Primary meeting the prince after the show:
“Year 2 really enjoyed the show. It is very well written to entertain adults as well as children. Great clarity using technical support and the music choices were excellent! Subtle educational elements made it relevant to the children and school context.”
Matthew Bisco, Yr 2 Teacher, St Michaels On The Mount Primary, Bristol
“Great audience participation, funny, good use of music and completely original. All the children said they loved it!”
Lisa, Year 1 Teacher, St Michaels On The Mount, Bristol
“The performance and the set were excellent. It showed a lot of creativity and fully engaged the children. Our EAL (English as Additional Language) were also fascinated.”
Dipika Khinyi, Reception Teacher, St Michaels On The Mount
“The children really enjoyed the show and talked about it for days after and had so many interesting questions. It has prompted us to do a topic on performance this term.”
Sarah Birch, Reception Teacher, St Michaels
Answering questions after show:
“Many thanks for the puppet show – it was a great day! ALL staff and children thoroughly enjoyed the show. The puppets/props were beautifully made and visually powerful. Good sound quality and a good story plot – all very well produced. We’re looking forward to being able to invite you again!”
Rose White, Teacher and SENCO, St Stephens Infant School, Kingsdown, Bristol, April 26th 2011
Beautiful picture inspired by the show, Laima, aged 4:
Post show questions/answers and meet the puppets up close, at Badminton Juniors:
“Just wanted to say a very BIG thank you for today. Your show is truly wonderful, you are so talented and all the children and staff from Monkton loved it!”
Joanne Etheridge, Teacher, Monkton Combe Pre Prep, Bath 2014
“Thank you for coming and sharing your amazing ‘When Eggy Met Peggy’ show with our Year 1 children. They loved the performance and your post show Q&A. The questions they came up with were great and you took great care and time to make sure that they all had a say during that discussion time. The show itself (and your puppets) were a great inspiration for the children’s own puppet making. It was a truly magical experience for them and was extremely linked to their learning (even down to the healthy food aspect of the show, the children had been making healthy pizzas only the week before!). The children felt really professional and valued when you then came to see their puppet shows. It was just a perfect end to a perfect term. Thank you for taking the time to do that for us. This is now the second time I have worked with you and I am really looking forward to future dates were we can work together to inspire puppeteers of the future!!”
Maeve Dorrian, Year 1 teacher, Ashley Down Primary, Bristol, January 2014
“Puppets bring fairy stories to life at King Edward’s Pre-Prep and Nursery School ” Children at King Edward’s Pre-Prep and Nursery School enjoyed a puppet workshop from Tallulah Swirls.The whole school enjoyed a fantastic play called When Eggy met Peggy, a new take on the Princess and the Pea fairy story.In the afternoon the children had the opportunity to meet the puppets and Amy Lloyd-Jones, Director of Tallulah Swirls, when they visited the classrooms.
This term the topic for Nursery and Reception is ‘Once upon a time’ and Year 1 are discovering knights and castles, so the play was a very useful start to their learning this term.”
Photographs at St Michael’s On The Mount Primary School by Justin Stericker
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