The BFG

PUPPETRY DESIGNER & DIRECTOR

Royal Shakespeare Company

“A gorgeously realised production, full of flair and imagination. Toby Olié’s puppetry plays with scale delightfully and continually.”
THE STAGE

“A gloriumptious stage version. The switches of scale work beautifully, providing constant changes of focus. Toby Olié’s puppets are deliberately unreal, but entirely convincing.”
WHATSONSTAGE

“Big, feisty and glorious. The amazing puppetry, with sudden contrasts of scale, becomes one of the evening’s chief delights.”
MAIL ON SUNDAY

“A big, friendly triumph, theatrical in the fullest sense. The puppetry is extraordinary in both craft and storytelling clarity, with an alternation in scale that keeps recalibrating our sense of Sophie’s vulnerability and power.”
BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE

“A mix of live actors and puppets pulls off a truly magical feat of stagecraft. It’s a joy to see theatre that’s genuinely and authentically awe-inspiring. When you think this production can’t surprise you anymore, something else happens and you’re left with your mouth gaping.”
BROADWAY WORLD

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Puppetry Co-Designers & Supervisors

Daisy Beattie
Seb Mayer

Associate Puppetry Director

Katie Haygarth

Puppet fabrication

Beez Barry
Daisy Beattie
Dulcie Best
Katy Clare Brooks
Dan Cook
Laura Elias
Helen Foan
Julia Jeulin
Jo Lakin
Liberty Mann
Seb Mayer
Toby Olié
Jodie Yates
Lyndie Wright

Production Photography

Marc Brenner