Tippety Twig Tippety Twig Tippety Twig was originally created in 1989. In those days my son Daniel, aged two, and myself had many craft making sessions. Various playthings appeared, such as houses, tunnels and puppet theatres, from cardboard boxes, puppets from masking tape paper and paint. One of these playthings was Tippety Twig. Following a walk in the woods, during which we picked up Lebanese cedar cones, we made him together - one for his friend's birthday and one for Daniel because he liked Tippety so much. The Original Tippety Twig made from a cedar cone Puppetry became an ongoing feature of play in our family life: when cardboard boxes broke, behind the sofa was just as good. My daughter Melody, born in 1991 joined in as soon as she was able.  Tippety has undergone a big developmental change in the last few months (the Making of Tippety Twig). This is for my new show (TT and the Pond story) which will be moving into theatres at the end of 2005 / beginning of 2006. I make all the puppets used myself.   Tippety Twig Entertainment - the History In 1992 Daniel was in his fifth year and Melody coming to the end of her first. We had such fun from puppetry and I decided to try to take this further. I had already been involved in performances with various drama groups. I liked performance work very much and I loved puppetry and so I went to the Little Angel Theatre and saw some of their beautiful, wonderful shows. I then attended several courses in puppet making with Christopher Leith, the Little Angels art director at that time, which benefitted me greatly. I had been designing and performing my own shows for Daniel and his friends since he was two years old. Parents and children had enjoyed them so much that I had been asked to help at many children's parties providing the entertainment. After courses with Christopher I began to work more professionally and advertised my services locally. In 1994 I first performed in the Kidz field at the Glastonbury Festival which I've been doing ever since being re-booked year after year by the organisers there. Councils, schools and libraries in London, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Somerset and Manchester have used my services both as a performer and workshop leader, with both adults and children. Courses Mask Theatre, 33 The Arts Centre , Luton Actors with Gloves X2, Little Angel Theatre Story Telling for Performance, Jan Blake, Emerson College Storytelling and Storymaking in Education and therapy, Alida Gersie, University of Hertfordshire Storywork for Corporates, Alexander Mackenzie, Emerson College Transformation Storytelling, Brother Blue and Ruth Hill, Emerson College Various Drama Groups in London and Luton