Jonathan Hayter
4 Lyndale Road, St George, Bristol BS5 7AA
website: www.figureofspeech.org.uk email: joffe@figureofspeech.org.uk
Tel: 0117 952 1711 mobile: 0775 99 43 938
“As an established puppeteer with extensive experience in performance, intergenerational, .
education and multicultural community work, I am currently seeking projects which will allow me to
develop my ‘person centred’ approach in the belief that every individual in
a workshop situation has the potential to reach their own creative goal.”
Profile
 Founder member of Figure of Speech, a cross artform company with a focus on puppetry, that
producing performances and workshops exploring ideas and creativity through light and shadow.
 Possesses highly developed creative skills and the capacity to apply these in a range of cultural
settings, from inner city Glasgow and Bristol to rural South Wales.
 Experienced in working with diverse communities, including school children, minority ethnic groups,
special needs pupils and public workshops.
 Successful collaborative projects undertaken with dancers, musicians, and video artists.
 Strong administrator and forward planner who deliver projects within agreed timescales.
 Possesses CRB Enhanced Disclosure Status from Wiltshire PAWS scheme 2006 and Bristol
2003.
Selected Experience
Public Performances
Buxton Puppet festival
2009
Performance of Apollo multimedia piece with c Sinclair musician
.`Ramayana` performance workshops The Ridings Arts Centre
2007/8/9
workshops and performances with year 7 pupils on the epic story using music and animation with
puppetry.
.Phoenix Arts centre Exeter;` Animated live 2005 `– `Moontime` & `Rama
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2005
performances of both of the shows as part of `Animated Exeter` festival
 Bath Fringe Festival and Bath International Puppet Festival
Performances of Moontime in collaboration with video, animation, dance and music artists
2004
 World Peace Day, Bristol
Performance of Rama
2004
 Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) Theatre, Bristol
Two light shows exploring Hindu archetypes with original music.
2001
 Ashton Court Community Festival 2001and 2002
Presentation of the multimedia shadow puppet show `Rama` in the `blackout` marquee.
General Puppet Workshops ,publications and residencies
.Flux Swindon Residency `Science /Art project` Abbeymead school
2008
Workshops on light and colour, art adivisor/facilitator on schools projects.
.`Shadow Puppets and Shadow play
` D. Currell Crowood publshers
2007
features a significant proportion of my shadow puppet work
 Eistedfodd 2004
2004
Multimedia and shadow puppet workshops on Welsh folktales and faeries
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 Commonwealth and Empire Museum, Bristol
Three days of interactive workshops in shadow puppetry
2004
 Royal Hospital for Sick Children
Shadow and movement workshops, with dancer Jim Brown, for children on wards,
based on novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
2002
 Llanellen primary school Residency
 Fairy stories and Indian myths- 6 week residency working with pupils – leading to multimedia
performance supported by GEMSS. Of the pupils own work.
2002
 Shadow Puppet Nativity, Fovant, Wiltshire
2000
Workshops run with Andy Baker, of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, for local children, leading to
performance in Parish Church. Funded by Wiltshire PAWS scheme.
 Bristol City Museum
Workshops based on the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
1999
Schools -Projects
. PPA work in Two Mile hill, Bristol. Work on a wide range of projects with puppetry
.Muslim Supplementary School , City Academy, Bristol; Multicultural Arts Project
2006
2006
funded by `Clerical Medical` - devising creative teaching aids with pupils
 South Wales Intercultural Arts
2004
Workshops with year 5 special needs children leading to public performance of multimedia shadow
show based on local historical figure -Rev. E Jones
 Gwent Ethnic Multicultural Support Services (GEMSS)
Shadow puppet and ICT project in secondary and primary schools across South Wales,
using theme of pilgrimage. Workshops led to final shadow puppet performances.
2003
 Beech House Intergenerational Project, Oldbury on Severn School
Workshops using dance, movement and shadow puppetry, leading to multimedia
performance based on novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
2003
 Wapley Court (residential home) and Abbotswood Primary School, Yate
2003
10-week intergenerational project with residents and Year 4 children, with puppet-making and dance
workshops leading to a final performance based on the Tudors.
 Gwent Ethnic Multicultural Support Services (GEMSS)
2001-02
Year 3,4,5,6 students in 10 primary schools explored the Hindu Ramayana and gods and goddesses
through interactive shadow puppet workshops.
General Employment
Founder, Actor, Puppeteer, Figure of Speech, Glasgow
Relocated to Cambridge in 1995 and then Bristol in 1996
Assistant Puppeteer, Garret Mask and Puppet Centre, Otago St, Glasgow
Co-founder, Actor, Puppeteer, Hamstrings company
TEFL tutor, Halkidiki, Greece
Graphic Designer, Quarry Bank Mill industrial museum, Styal, Cheshire
1993-date
1988-89
1987
1985-86
1983-84
Education and training
I year on BA in Theology and Religious Studies, University of Bristol
Access to Higher Education, City of Bristol College
Marionette Design and Construction Masterclass with late John Wright, Glasgow
Assistant Puppeteer, Garret Mask and Puppet Centre, Otago St, Glasgow
S.I.A.D &City and Guilds in Graphic Design, Berkshire College of Art and Design
1999
1999
1989
1988-89
1982
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