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Video recorded by Barney Webster at the premiere April 4th 2026 at Slung Low, Holbeck, Leeds

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The Tower and the Telescope 

 

 

Welcome to a hand-cranked clanking puppet world stuffed with darkly relatable characters and hilariously dingy surprises - It's a show for people who like their theatre 'funny ha ha' and ‘funny distinctly unpleasant.’

 

Every evening an obsessive astronomer scans the universe, desperately seeking answers to the ineffable questions of life.

 

Next door, a frustrated cook is caught up in a life or death struggle with the sandwich filling of the damned...

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And who's that speeding round the corner? It's the tawdry-bread delivery driver, who is a little too much in love with the cook.

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Their lives are slowly, inevitably grinding into mush but something out there is watching over them; something huge and warm and fuzzy; something a bit like happiness… except with massive bone crushing arms. 

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Adults and ages 14+ 

(mild adult content)

 

Post show - meet the puppets and the puppeteers

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