Artists Involved
Aya Nakamura
Aya Nakamura is a theatre-maker and performer, specialised in puppetry and puppet design/making. She trained in the UK and in France. Her passion lies in incorporating puppets and objects into performances by weaving their presence together with that of the puppeteer. She has worked on many children and adult puppet productions ranging from large established venues to fringe theatres as well as in short films and site-specific projects.
Theatre credits include Charlie and Lola’s Best Bestest Play (Polka Theatre, National Tour), Twin Stars (Unicorn Theatre), Fold Your Own (doo-cot), Double Negative (Camden People's Theatre), 1000miles Footlight Show (The Lift Agency) and Furies (Bialystock Puppetry Festival, Poland). Her puppet-making credits include A Christmas Carol (King’s Head Theatre, Islington) Hippity Hop (Oily Cart), The Adventure of Jason and Argonauts (Steam Industry, More London) and Urban Dreams (London Bubble). She also works as a theatre designer and scenic painter. Aya is a core member of Rouge28 Theatre since 2006.
Aya is also enthusiastic at sharing her skills with people who have interests in puppetry, carnival arts, theatrical crafts and drama, especially youngsters. For the last five years, she has been delivering workshops for both adults and children. She works through Bigfoot Arts Education, where she was trained and runs weekly after school drama clubs and half-day drama class during school’s PPA sessions. She also works with Creative Partnership, Meta Play, Artsdepot, Richmond Youth Theatre, Orleans House Gallery and several schools.