#gruffdog

We decided to tell this story using elements of clowning and puppetry, using the cat puppet, a bunraku and marionette porté style puppet, as a motif to join the devised sections of clowning to Ionesco’s script. It was an incredibly complex puppet to make, with naturalistic joints and movements. It was done on a budget of about £50, and largely made from found materials. The set, too, was made from many found objects, such as crates, sawn up, painted and arranged.

Graphic Design for Gruffdog Theatre’s Rhinoceros. Directed by Pete Sayer, Produced by Conor Jordan, Designed by Daisy Pearson. The success of this marketing campaign can be seen in the simplicity of the profile pictures for Facebook - the brand identity, the colour yellow, was powerful enough that they don’t need the show title. And we sold out, with our second release of tickets going in 27 minutes.