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Squashbox Theatre – The Sea Show

Welcome to the quirky, silly, crazy, comical, ingenious, ridiculous, inspiring, surprising, educational, ecological world of Squashbox Theatre! The Sea Show is a quirky mix of puppet show, natural history programme and comedy cabaret. Meet crazy characters like Morwenna the ‘beautiful’ Mermaid, Ruan the Reformed Seagull and salty sea-dog Captain Pemburthy, as well as a cast of mischievous sea squirts, anemones, limpets, crabs and pilchards! Come and celebrate the sea with tall tales, fascinating facts, rhymes, riddles, live music and songs – unmissable fun for children and adults of all ages! My name is Craig Johnson and I live in Penzance, Cornwall. I am a performer, musician and puppeteer, with a humorous, relaxed and engaging style. For the last 7 years I have been a member of Kneehigh Theatre, performing in major national and international tours such as Tristan & Yseult, Cymbeline, A Matter Of Life And Death and The Bacchae, as well as small-scale village hall shows, including directing and acting in Journey To The Centre Of The Earth. As a solo artist, I perform under the name Squashbox Theatre. Squashbox Theatre produces quality performances involving puppetry, storytelling, live music and comedy for schools, theatres, village halls, festivals and events.

Barnacle beast

Patella vulgata – Common limpet. I pried it off its rock in Arbroath, scotland. It keeps searching for its mucus trail home. I put it back after shooting this video. Although they may seem to be fixed to the rock, common limpets actually move around to graze on algae during moist conditions or when they are submerged by the tide. They return to the same spot by following the mucus trail that they deposit. This spot becomes worn by the edges of the shell, and eventually an obvious ‘scar’ in …