Tricks with Strings

Join us for a 15 minute performance, as string marionettes from the V&A collection are brought to life by our visiting expert puppeteers.

Special event

  • Sunday, 29 April 2018 at

  • Past event

+44 (0)20 7942 2000

  • The Globe, Gallery 4, Europe 1600-1815

  • Free event

Tricks with Strings photo

These marionettes from the Tiller-Clowes collection date from the 19th Century and are full of cheeky tricks and delicate moves. Meet dainty dandies, dancing skeletons and miniature circus performers.

Part of V&A Performance Festival 2018

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