Smethwick Puppetry Festival is back for 2025, and it’s going to be even bigger and better than 2024! There will be some wonderful puppet shows for families, performances for adults, puppetry workshops, exhibitions and more, all taking place across 10 community venues, including St Hilda's, during February half term.

The Giant Who Slept for 10000 Years. Admission fee: Pay What You Can. Age rating: 3+

Our story began 10000 years ago, in an icy fjord of the northernmost island. Here, giants still roamed the land. The youngest of them played with pebbles on the beach. One was thrown too far, a powerful sea troll woke, a gigantic wave rose… And Bjorna was gone. Time passed, miners moved to the fjord. The mining started. Digging and drilling, deeper and deeper, until - with an ear-splitting boom, an earth-splitting quake! Something truly unexpected emerged from the hill!

A storytelling puppet show in a suitcase about our relationship to nature, friendship and places we call home. Book your spaces now to avoid disappointment!