PUPPETRY | SUMMER 2024

ON THE STORY
There is nothing more powerful than imagining something that makes the world around you more interesting. And there is nothing more frustrating than being told that you can’t or shouldn’t. The Boy Who Couldn’t Sit Still is a dance between a boy and the chair he’s been told to stay in. What happens when this bóring chair starts moving its legs? What happens when you simply can’t sit still?
The idea was selected by children attending Pilton Youth Project who worked with us to develop this boy’s vivid imagination, as well as support puppet designer Fergus Dunnet with the design of the magical chair. The show toured to festivals in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow.
THE PRODUCTION
Dates and venues
Running time
Content warnings
The Boy Who Couldn’t Sit Still performed at the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival, the Light the Blue Festival in Aberdeen, and the Merchant City Festival in Glasgow.
Approx. 15 min
Puppetry, Audience interaction
CREATIVE TEAM
Producer
Director and creator
Co-creator
Puppet designer
Composer
Stage manager
Cast
Imaginate
Cecilia Thoden van Velzen
Cameron Prince
Fergus Dunnet
Cecilia Thoden van Velzen
Danni Bastian
Cameron Prince