Then to have the film screened at a festival curated by the Jim Henson Foundation was such an honor – being myself a massive fan of the continuing work of the Jim Henson Company.Ĭan you share a story about the funniest mistake you made when you were first starting? Can you tell us what lesson you learned from that? I am so grateful to each of them, and I learned a lot in the process.
Whenever I watch it now I cringe, thinking about things I would do differently (like not use nylon thread that I somehow thought would be magically invisible!).īut I was very lucky to have a small but fantastic crew: a filmmaker, a designer and a puppeteer that not only understood this crazy idea I had but were each happy to come on board with their energy and creativity to bring The Fishsticks to life! And not to forget my father who provided the narration voiceover! It was my first short film, we made it for no money and shot it in two days. My first short puppetry film The Fishsticks was screened at the BAM Kids ‘Shortstack’ Festival of Puppetry On Film in New York in 2018, curated by the Jim Henson Foundation. I am hypermobile so I enjoy playing with creature movement that is a little contorted or animalistic or not-quite-human.Ĭan you share the most interesting story that happened to you since you started this career? I also do movement/physical work, which to me is like an extension of puppetry. But I have been using this time to continue working on my own projects. Lockdown has had a massive impact, as all my paid work was canceled. Since then I have been performing freelance as a puppeteer and also creating my own work. So I booked myself onto their course and was instantly hooked. I discovered that the Little Angel Theatre in London, (which is London’s oldest purely puppet theatre) ran puppetry courses. And puppetry was starting to whisper in my ear. For a while I tried what I call ‘straight acting’, but I never connected with it and didn’t enjoy it. But I also came back to performing and took acting classes. After uni, I carried on with this intention and took an editing course and a filmmaking course. But it took a long time for me to realize that puppetry was something I could actually do! It seemed like puppetry existed in this magical world remote from my life.Īfter studying art, English and drama at college I went on to university and studied English and film, as I knew that I wanted to write and to explore filmmaking/directing. I have had a love of puppetry since childhood- having grown up watching The Muppets and Jim Henson’s beautiful films The Labyrinth and Dark Crystal. Thank you so much for joining us! Can you tell us a story about what brought you to this specific career path?Īsa performer, I focus on movement/physical work, puppetry and voice over. As well as performing freelance on stage and screen Aurora also writes and creates her own work, and is currently working in lockdown on her third short puppetry film Fragile.
Aurora is an actor from London, UK, specializing in puppetry, movement/physical performance, and voice over.
#Aurora adams series#
Because who knows what that person will go on to do, or to create? I do believe that the smallest of stones can cause big ripples.Īs a part of our interview series with the rising stars in pop culture, I had the pleasure of interviewing Aurora Adams. But if a story I tell speaks to one person then I will be happy. My personal sphere of influence is very small. I think that’s a sentiment we can all aspire to. Jim Henson said ‘my hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there’. I think storytelling is extremely powerful.
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