Knuckle and Joint was born in 2014 and is run by Director/Producer, Bex O'Brien and supported by Associate Artist, Peter Morton.
K&J has created and toured multiple visually stunning productions with intricate puppets and silly characters. We adapt familiar stories to be enjoyed in a new, modernized and interactive show for early years and young children. We are proactive in the arts scene of South East London and Kent through leading workshops, creating performance and being a resident company at Churchill Theatre.
K&J thrives to create wonderfully visceral worlds through intelligent puppet design and innovative visual theatre for young audiences to relish. Our children’s theatre is fun, passionate and gloriously silly.
K&J has created and toured multiple visually stunning productions with intricate puppets and silly characters. We adapt familiar stories to be enjoyed in a new, modernized and interactive show for early years and young children. We are proactive in the arts scene of South East London and Kent through leading workshops, creating performance and being a resident company at Churchill Theatre.
K&J thrives to create wonderfully visceral worlds through intelligent puppet design and innovative visual theatre for young audiences to relish. Our children’s theatre is fun, passionate and gloriously silly.
Bex O'Brien
Artistic Director and Co-Founder
Bex is a Director and Producer in puppetry, physical theatre and outdoor performance. She is also a puppetry consultant and works in collaboration with puppetry companies such as Moon on a Stick and as Youth Theatre Director for Churchill Theatre. Bex is passionate about high quality children's theatre being accessible for all.
Bex is a Director and Producer in puppetry, physical theatre and outdoor performance. She is also a puppetry consultant and works in collaboration with puppetry companies such as Moon on a Stick and as Youth Theatre Director for Churchill Theatre. Bex is passionate about high quality children's theatre being accessible for all.
Peter Morton
Associate Artist and Co-Founder
Peter is a visual artist who specialises in intricate puppet design & complex set. In his design work he is greatly inspired by The Handspring Puppet Company, Japanese Bunraku Puppet Theatre, and visual art. He has worked as a performer & designer with Half Moon Theatre (Dust), Theatre Témoin (The Marked & Roots), Sparkle and Dark (I AM BEAST), Stuff and Nonsense (3 Little Pigs), The Gulbenkian Theatre, The Marlowe, The Big Reveal (Dancing on Armistice Day), House of Stray Cats (Invisible Me), Futures Theatre (Cracked Plaster Sky).
Peter is a visual artist who specialises in intricate puppet design & complex set. In his design work he is greatly inspired by The Handspring Puppet Company, Japanese Bunraku Puppet Theatre, and visual art. He has worked as a performer & designer with Half Moon Theatre (Dust), Theatre Témoin (The Marked & Roots), Sparkle and Dark (I AM BEAST), Stuff and Nonsense (3 Little Pigs), The Gulbenkian Theatre, The Marlowe, The Big Reveal (Dancing on Armistice Day), House of Stray Cats (Invisible Me), Futures Theatre (Cracked Plaster Sky).