Who we are
Handbendi is a professional puppetry and theatre production company based in Hvammstangi, Northwest Iceland. |
Situated in the small village of Hvammstangi in Hunathing vestra, Northwest Iceland, is an award-winning professional puppetry and visual theatre company specialising in unique puppet commissions, puppetry direction, and the development of original theatrical productions for national and international touring.
We believe in the rural artist. Our stories are centered around the small, quiet, worlds that tend to go unnoticed. We use sustainable materials in our work and enjoy found objects that have their own stories to tell. We actively promote rural arts and the rural artistic lifestyle and try to approach the world with awe and wonder in everything we do. Greta Clough is the artistic director and creative producer of Handbendi. Greta is an award-winning international performer, director, and playwright. She is the former Associate Artist of the world-famous Little Angel Theatre in London and has over a decade of experience creating and touring original theatre productions around the world.
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Need a puppet, training, or advice about using puppetry in your production? |
In addition to touring our own productions, Handbendi is available to take on puppetry commissions, consulting and direction work, provide puppetry services for film and television, and can provide both performance and making workshops for all ages and abilities - professional, amateur, student, and children. We are very happy to be able to offer puppetry intensives at our base in Hvammstangi for beginners interested in learning more about puppetry, and experienced professionals keen to expand their skills and explore approaches to puppetry practice and storytelling in a focused environment.
Our international residency programme invites puppetry and theatre artists from around the globe to work in peace and focused isolation at our studios in Hvammstangi. Great for early development work or for taking a breath from the day to day and giving your artistic self some space and time to flourish. |