The Young People’s Puppet Theatre is an arts education charity that helps young people exceed their own expectations through puppetry.
11 years
175 productions
4,897 puppets made
5,035 young people involved
Our history
The YPPT was founded in 2014 by Jeremy and Caitlin Duschenes, who are third- and fourth-generation amateur puppeteers respectively, with over 100 years of puppetry history in their family. From Hamburg to Geneva to Montreal and now the UK, four generations of Duschenes have created spectacular shows. The YPPT was created to bring this extraordinary art form and its impact to more children and young people than the Duschenes family could reach on its own.
Our team
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Jeremy Duschenes
Executive Director
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Caitlin Duschenes
Associate Director
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Janet Hyde
Administrator
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Jacqui Golding
Project Leader
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Karene Horner-Hughes
Project Leader
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Louise Lahive
Project Leader
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Maria Kukhareva
Project Leader
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Rebecca Timmis
Project Leader
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Holly Williams
Project Leader
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Lila Wright
Project Leader
Our trustees
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Caroline Piggott
Co-Chair of Trustees
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Nisha Allen
Co-Chair of Trustees
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Andy Cooper
Trustee
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Beverley Koranteng-Aitkins
Trustee
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Michelle Green
Trustee
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Rosemary Mathews
Trustee
Our Future
We currently work with 600–800 children and young people each year.
Over the next few years, we aim to scale this up to sustainably reach 1,000 children each year, and to set in place the procedures and infrastructure that will enable us to grow further beyond this. This will include training new project leaders, recruiting more volunteers and hiring more support staff as well as refining behind-the-scenes processes.
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