The Puppet Folk Experience

The Puppet Folk Experience comes to QUAD on Saturday 19 December, with two performances that afternoon and evening. It's a festive tribute show built around two lifelong Muppet fans and a cast of handcrafted puppet characters, and it's part of the Christmas at QUAD programme.

The set is built around The Muppet Christmas Carol, with the duo recreating the music and magic of the film alongside songs from the classic frog-hosted television series. It's all carried by live puppetry and banjo music, so you're seeing the puppets worked in real time rather than watching a recording. The two behind it describe the show as having warmth, comedy, audience interaction and festive surprises, and they talk about it as being performed with genuine affection for the world's most celebrated puppet performers.

It's a double-bill of a day, so you can pick the time that suits you best. There's a matinee at 14:00 and an evening show at 18:00, both at QUAD in the Cathedral Quarter. Tickets are £15 standard and £13 concession.