What Happened To You?

Dress Rehearsal Photographs credit to Pictured by Lamar

What happened to you? by Nikki Charles worth is a semi-autobiographical puppetry piece inspired by Nikki’s experiences as a person with a Disability. The story follows our three raggedy puppets, just trying to get through the day. Ahead of them lies a mountain of challenges. Watch them persevere and find creative ways to overcome their impassable surroundings, using humour to dissipate the mounting frustration. Each puppet’s story explores our preconceptions about disability in a playful and humorous way and showcases the endless opportunities out there once barriers of all kinds are removed.

What Happened to You? Features creative use of Audio Description, embedded into the original score and delivered by “Aidy”, and integrated British Sign Language, introducing children to enhanced access.

The show was devised as an ensemble based around real life anecdotes. This Project is exploring the movement of disability through puppetry. I was a puppeteer on the project and supported Nikki Charlesworth in the build and development of the project. I worked alongside Nikki Charlesworth and Tony Mason to develop and build the puppets. Nikki and I also worked together on the design of the show.