Kismat Walla

Thingumajig Theatre, who have performed A la Puppet Carte and Kit and Caboodle (pictured here) at previous Ripon Theatre Festivals, return with their brand new street theatre puppet show. Kismat Walla captures the bustling atmosphere of South Asian market streets in this two-person play set on and around a magical rairi (cart) telling a puppet plays about fate, fortune and serendipity.

About the performers:

Thingumajig Theatre creates and performs innovative puppet plays and interactive giant puppet street acts. Based in West Yorkshire, their puppets have played throughout the UK and 17 other countries and have been seen on television and a major Disney film.

Thingumajig’s co-directors Kathy and Andrew Kim met while working as performers on a Horse and Bamboo production in 2002. After several years commuting across the Atlantic to visit each other, they married and settled in West Yorkshire and started Thingumajig Theatre in 2006. They soon expanded to bring in freelance artists as needed and in 2024, they were joined by Reyyan Hammad as a core artist.

FREE EVENT

10.30 – 11.15am Ripon Spa Gardens

1.30-2.15pm Little Bird Market