A big feature of this story was pigeons - and we decided early on in the process, to create the pigeons using puppets.
Developing a puppet that was simple enough to make for a large cast (32, with spares!) was quite a task. Giving a suggestion of the birds, without explicitly showing them was important, and stuffing socks seemed the best way to achieve this!
Another important factor to think about whilst developing them, was to work out how they would work with the cast, who would be wearing them during movement sections of the play.
How the pigeons would be seen and perceived by the audience was also important. I was determined that the actors should still be in their period costume whilst 'being' the pigeon. The subtle transformation from character to pigeon worked really well.
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