Children’s author Eric Carle, who lived in Northampton for decades, was known for books including “Brown Bear, Brown Bear,” ...

The new show has recently been on tour ... "It’s been fantastic playing around in the studio with our powerful polar bear puppet, learning lively feel-good tunes and seeing the lavish costumes ...

“I have so many favorites in the show ... s “Mephistopheles” puppet from the 1999 Walker Art Center commission “A Prelude to Faust” is featured next to bear heads by artist Alison ...

and a four-legged fiberglass standing puppet to show a polar bear's height. The team also used a "couch bear," which was a gray buck to lean against. Even though the animals look incredibly real ...

who also designs the puppets, and aimed at two- to seven-year-olds as part of the Southbank Centre’s Imagine Children’s Festival – is that the show retains these expansive, visually ...