The theatre year

The four seasons of Marionette Lane

Our repertoire is programmed the way a real company plans its year: in seasons, each with a theme. Every season stages eight productions and mixes gentle shows with stormier ones, so you can stay with a theme you enjoy.

The Toybox Season

Marionettes, music boxes, tin racers and a carnival bell, staged as if the nursery came alive.

• Menagerie Curtain Call · Low
• Cardboard Moon Kingdom · High
• Music Box Pirouette · High
• The Top-Shelf Railway · Medium
• Clockwork Figure Eight · High
• Mallet and Bell · High
• The Pony Tournament · Medium
• Captain Duck's Flotilla · Low

The Trades Season

Printers, coopers, engineers, sweet-makers and airmail crews, each with a workshop on stage.

• Lead Type and Vermilion · High
• The Salt Cooper's Yard · Low
• Below the Skyport · High
• The Bonbon Belt · Medium
• Lavender Suds Chute · High
• Platform Under Glass · Medium
• Moored Above the Clouds · Low
• Airmail Over Autumn · Medium

The Hearthside Season

Suppers, sweet counters, barn dances and a cove at night: the cosiest season on the lane.

• The Truffle Counter · Medium
• Sugar Rock Crossing · High
• Teapots by Candlelight · Low
• The Dormouse Tea Party · Medium
• Hearthfire Banquet · Low
• Lantern Barn Ceilidh · Medium
• Canyon Street Store · Medium
• Barn Doors to the Cove · High

The Limelight Season

Productions lit by glitter, neon, nebulae, sunsets and the first light on the water.

• Glitter Over the Rink · High
• Boardwalk Sunset Roll · Medium
• The Cassette Wall · Low
• The Cupola Lounge · High
• Drifting Blossom Rocks · Low
• Giraffe at Sundown · Low
• Dusk Below the Sluice · High
• Morning at the Weir · Medium