Aya will performing in Famous Puppet Death Scenes during London Mime Festival 2023 and more.
Tour Dates
Mull Theatre (Scotland) : 18-19 January 2023
Barbican The Pit (London Mime Festival) : 24-28 January 2023
L’Hectare (France): 4 February 2023
Saint Michel sur Orge (France): 8 February 2023
Theatre Halle Roublot (France): 16 February 2023
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Photo: Andrew Downie
Aya will be touring with SNOW by Tiny Light this Christmas.
30th November 2022 at The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury
4th December 2022 at The Hub at St Mary’s, Lichfield
10th December 2022 at the Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton
14th – 31st December 2022 at artsdepot, Finchley
More information is here.
Aya will performing in An Improbable Musical in Exeter and London Hackney this autumn.
Tour Dates
Exeter Northcott Theatre : 27 Sept – 1 Oct
Hackney Empire : 21-16 Oct
She is a part of cast members as well as the production’s Puppet Designer, Puppet Director and Puppet Maker.
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Photo: Marc Brenner
Aya will be running a Paper Puppet Theatre workshop during Hvammstangi International Puppet Festival this October.
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Photo: Aya Nakamura
Aya is performing in La Mort Grandiose des Marionnettes / Famous Puppet Death Scenes (The Old Trout Puppet Workshop/Canada) during Avignon Fringe Festival this summer.
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Photo: Jason Stang
Aya is currently in rehearsals for Improbable’s new show, An Improbable Musical. She is the production’s Puppet Designer, Puppet Director and Puppet Maker as well as being one of the performing ensemble.
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Photo: Marc Brenner
Aya is currently appearing in Touch Theatre’s production ‘The Gift’ at Z-Arts, Manchester till 31st December 2021.
On a sparkling Christmas eve, a lonely scientist watches his star.
But a dusting of Christmas magic sends an incredible new friend his way!
Specially made for very young audience age 1 – 3 and presented in a fully Covid secure way, this brand new puppetry tale will welcome back the youngest audiences to theatres in 2021, with music, magic and a sprinkling of puppetry mayhem.
Aya is currently appearing in the Little Angel Theatre’s production ‘There’s a Rang-Tan in my Bedroom & Other Stories’ till 7th November 2021.
Inspired by the Greenpeace campaign films There’s a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom and There’s a Monster in My Kitchen written by James Sellick, and featuring a voiceover by Emma Thompson.
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28 Jan 2020 at 6:30GMT
Aya will giving a talk on my personal journey as a theatre maker and puppeteer, hosted by The Japan Foundation, London. There is a sharing my recent work ‘The Spider’s Thread’ and a discussion about it with its composer Verity Lane, including how we are continuing to adapt our practice for online audiences.
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Aya will be performing with her humanette stripetease show Mademoiselle Lychee during Pop-up Palladium, a virtual puppet cabaret night on 18th September 2020!
More information on Pop-up Palladium can be found here.