handspring

2. HISTORY
 Founded in 1981
 Lead by Adrian Kohler and
Executive Producer Basil Jones
 Based in CapeTown South Africa
 Work has been Presented in 30
Countries
 Has worked on the Creation of over
16 theatre productions
 In 2010The HandspringTrust for
Puppetry arts was established. To
Identify, Mentor and Champion.

3. Awards
 2012
 The Naledi Theatre Awards: Executive Directors Award went to Basil Jones for
Warhorse.
 Fleur du CapTheatre Awards: Best Puppetry Design to JanniYounge for the Ouroboros
puppets
 Rae Smith and Handspring Puppet Company won BEST DESIGN in theTorontoTheatre
Critics Circle Awards.
 DORA Award for OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN Costume Designer RAE SMITH,
Puppet Design, Fabrication and Direction Adrian Kohler with Basil Jones for Handspring
Puppet Company.
 2011
 The 2011 Special Tony Award.
 The Special Achievement award from the Outer Critics Circle to Basil Jones and Adrian
Kohler.
 With theWarhorse creative team, the Outer Critics Cirlce Award and Drama Desk Award
for thrilling stage craft.
 2007
 Olivier Award for Design ofWarhorse with Rae Smith.
 Evening Standard Theatre Award for the Design ofWarhorse with Rae Smith.
 London Critics CircleTheatre Award for the Design ofWarhorse with Rae Smith.

4. WARHORSE

5. WARHORSE
 Marianne Elliot andTom Morris Directors
 Produced by NationalTheatre
 2007
 “The Puppetry brings galloping, full-scale horses to life on
stage- their flanks, hides and sinews built of steel, leather
and aircraft cable.”

6. WARHORSE
https://www.ted.com/talks/handpring_puppet_co_the_genius_puppetry_behind_war_horse?la
nguage=en

7. Episodes of An Easter Rising
1985
“The Play deals with the choices two white women have to make when wounded
black activist, hunted by the police, seeks refuge on their remote farm.”

8. I LoveYouWhenYou’re Breathing
“…seeing a puppet deliver a meta-theatrical address…insight into the behind-the-scenes
life of a puppet…considering the special role of the audience and its part in making
meaning.

9. Ouroboros
“Ouroboros is a tale of dreaming and the cycles of life, created with evocative imagery. At
its heart, it is a love story between a dancer and a poet finding the courage to commit.
Using the uniquely transforming powers of the puppetry medium, these two characters are
able to appear as several versions of themselves…”

10. OrYou Could Kiss Me
In theWinter of 2036, in a shabby apartment in Port Elizabeth, two old men search for a way to
say goodbye after a lifetime spent together. In the perfect summer of 1971, in a very different
South Africa, their handsome younger selves search for the courage to fall in love. Poised
halfway between these two stories- one imagines, one remembered- their real life
counterparts bear witness to both the beginning and the ending of an incredible journey.