Izzy Hollis Nottingham Puppet Festival 2024

Izzy Hollis will be performing several shows at Nottingham Puppet Festival 2024

Transcript

00:00 So this is Izzy along with Bear and Bear is saying hello and blowing us a kiss to Nottingham

00:08 World viewers. Are you excited for today then Izzy?

00:12 Yes I'm really excited. It's going to be a really big day for the public festival. We've

00:19 got us in here and we're also across the market square and Listergate and Stenson Market so

00:25 I'm sad I can't get to see it all.

00:28 So how long have you been doing this for then Izzy?

00:31 I've been doing puppetry for about seven years. I graduated from Nottingham Trent on theatre

00:42 design in 2016 and I've been doing it pretty much ever since then so maybe my maths is

00:47 slightly off, maybe it's more like two years now.

00:49 You must enjoy it.

00:50 Yes I love it. It really just caught my eye at uni and I decided I wanted to do anything

00:58 and everything I could to bring things to life and all the wonder and joy that comes

01:03 with it.

01:04 So this is your third year at the festival then?

01:07 Yes this is my third time doing Nottingham Puppet Festival. It's the third iteration

01:10 of the festival, it's been part of every Nottingham Puppet Festival that's so far happened and

01:16 it's just really nice to see it bring so much life to the city.

01:21 What's your favourite part of the festival, what you're most looking forward to today?

01:25 Today? I'm really looking forward to the cabaret tonight. I love a little naughty puppet.

01:31 I decided there's going to be some really fun quirky shows tonight. We saw some great

01:38 theatre at Lakeside Art 2 over the last few days but also it's so hard to pick a favourite

01:44 because we've been taking shows to libraries and just seeing the kids faces light up when

01:48 you're like, you know, bringing Bear to life when Bear comes out at the beginning. So many

01:55 kids are like, I want to hold him.

01:58 Welcome to Puppet Fest! And I can go, what? Chirp! Chirp! Anybody chirp? Chirp!

02:10 Thank you.