Nottingham Puppet Festival Presents: Fantastic Mr. Fox + Talk

Part of Nottingham Puppet Festival 2026

We’re delighted to welcome Richard Pickersgill, Workshop Supervisor and Senior Armature Maker from Mackinnon and Saunders, who will take part in a one-hour illustrated conversation with David Longford about puppetry in film. Mackinnon and Saunders have worked on a huge range of TV series and feature films including TV shows Postman Pat, Bob the Builder, Scream Street, Pingu, Koala Brothers, Rastamouse, Strange Hill High, Raa Raa the Noisy Lion, Twirlywoos and the new Clangers. Feature film work includes Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox, Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride and Frankenweenie, and Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. 

The talk will be followed by a screening of Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated take on Roald Dahl’s classic children’s story Fantastic Mr. Fox at 7.30pm.