Born to be Wired (From Western Telegraph)

Born to be Wired

An internationally acclaimed puppet company, whose unconventional shows first played to audiences on the beaches of Pembrokeshire, will be back on home soil next month to perform at the Pembroke Festival.

Green Ginger's hilarious 65-minute spoof of Mary Shelley's classic novel, Frankenstein has enjoyed a sell-out run at the Jim Henson International Festival of Puppet Theatre, in New York.

When the company was asked to perform at the inaugural Pembroke Festival, co-founders, Terry Lee and Chris Pirie, were delighted.

The company has its origins in Tenby where Terry still lives. It was on the beaches of Tenby and Saundersfoot that Terry and Chris first thrilled audiences with their ingenious puppetry.

The Pembroke Festival, Chris said, would form part of the company's 25th anniversary tour.

The show employs both ancient and modern techniques and devices. Strobes and pyrotechnics nestle amongst shadow puppetry, while a vast array of other optical and audio effects assist in the delivery of this fast-moving tale.

Green Ginger premiered the original production at Cardiff's Sherman Theatre, in 1993. Presented as the first in a trilogy of irreverent revisions of famous literary works, the show went on to become one of the company's most popular and populist productions.

The Pembroke Festival will run from September 5th, to September 14th. Green Ginger will give two performances at Pembroke Town Hall on Friday, September 12th, at 1.45pm and 7.30pm.