Daisy Beattie
Daisy’s work in puppetry spans across designing, making, supervising and puppeteering.
Work as a puppet supervisor/maker includes: Spirited Away (Tokyo 2022); Animal Farm (UK tour 2022); The Ocean at the End of the Lane (National Theatre & West End); 101 Dalmatians (Regents Park Open Air Theatre); Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear, Pinocchio, Peter Pan (National Theatre); The Wolves in the Walls (Little Angel Theatre); Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons: A Reimagining (Shakespeare’s Globe).
Other work as a puppet maker includes: The Wizard of Oz (Birmingham Rep); Don Quixote (RSC); Circus 1903 (International tour); The Grinning Man (Bristol Old Vic & West End); Luzia (Cirque du Soleil); Dead Dog in a Suitcase and Other Love Songs (Kneehigh); Running Wild (Chichester Festival Theatre & Regent’s Park); A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (Little Angel Theatre & Kneehigh); Avenue Q (Q Puppets, UK tour); Imaginary Menagerie (Les Enfants Terribles); The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom (Tall Stories).
Work as a puppeteer in film and television includes: Jurassic World: Dominion (Amblin Entertainment, 2022); Solo: A Star Wars Story (Lucasfilm); Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Lucasfilm); Muppets Most Wanted (Walt Disney Pictures); The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (Jim Henson Company); Aleksandr the meerkat for Compare the Market.