Glutz

Glutz is an original and ambitious site-specific puppetry performance by the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. It is created and performed by 47 students from the design, technical theatre, acting and music faculties and utilises a wide and exotic range of puppetry and puppetry techniques accompanied by live music.

The House of Glutz is a large forbidding mansion in an ancient corner of Prague. It seems deserted but when hip-hop loving skatergirl Eva climbs into the grounds she meets the owner, the elderly Count Glutz as well as his collection of unusual sculptures.

Eva accidentally discovers that these art works, which include a farting cherub, a rockabilly dragon and a one-armed ballerina, can fly, sing and even dance when they hear music.

Unfortunately, the musical statues are about to lose their home thanks to a dodgy developer called “The Cigar” who is plotting to bulldoze the House of Glutz and build a shopping mall. Can Eva and her new oddball buddies come up with a plan that will stop them all from being turned into road chippings?

Team:
Writer – Rupert Edwards;
Director – Alison Reid;
Puppetry Makers – BA and MA design students from RWCMD;
Puppeteers – BA design and acting students from RWCMD;
Composition and Musicians – Students from RWCMD Jazz and Composition departments;
Production Team – BA and MA Stage Management and technical study students from RWCMD;
Creative Producer – Lucy Hall;
Puppetry Director and Supervisor – Dik Downey;
Puppetry Supervisor – Jess Jones;
Costume Supervisor – Karen Thomas;
Design, Construction and Production Supervisor – Ian Buchanan;
Rorie Brophy, Fred Harvey-Love

Team Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (United Kingdom)

Partners Supported by the Hodge and Mosawi Foundations