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Witham's International Puppet Festival

Every September Witham hosts the increasingly popular International Puppet Festival.

Organised by Witham Town Council, the one day Festival is held on a Saturday. The Town Centre is the stage for numerous acts ranging from the traditional Punch and Judy to hi-tech Robots! In the past Witham has hosted a huge farmyard pig with windows in its tummy to view a play, a four poster bed to lay on to enjoy a surreal experience that involved a contortionist climbing through a picture and long necked aliens!

The Eleventh International Puppet Festival 2010

This year the International Puppet Festival will be held on Saturday, 18th September 2010. Beginning at 10.30am and finishing at 4.00pm. Acts booked are the Pompous Maximus and Servillius Wretch, Jack Frost, Buzy Lizzie, Pink Witches, No Flies on UZZ, Hippochondria, White Wings, the Gorillas, Squash Box Theatre, and Bruce Airhead. There will be face painting/Body Art/Temporary Tattoos by Frantastic. Rusty the Horse, the Bugs, The Seal, Rood, Arthur and Bopggart and Sparky.

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