Martin JagoAnimatronics · Puppets · SFX

Dr Dolittle, 2007/08 UK tour

Bill Kenwright Productions
July - August 2007

Martin developed the mechanical hand puppet duck and seal, and worked on the elephant, Pushmi-Pullyu and mammoth, for the 2007/8 UK tour of Dr Dolittle.

Puppets Created by Robert Allsopp and Associates, Scott Brooker, Maggie Hayden and Nicola Tedman

Animatronics Model Designer

Animatronics Design for the mechanical elements for Dab Dab the Duck, the Pushmi Pullyu, elephant and seal puppet characters.

Dr Dolittle, 2007/08 UK tour poster

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  • Tour poster for the musical Doctor Dolittle showing a man in a maroon coat with a parrot, two llamas, a pig and a duck on a red starry background

    Tour Poster

  • Design sketch of Dab Dab the duck puppet showing a beak lever worked by the left thumb and a head lever worked by the right thumb

    Dab-Dab Design

  • Dab Dab duck head mechanism of metal levers, springs and white tubing on a yellow base against a dark carpet backdrop, with no covering yet fitted

    Dab Dab Mech

  • Dab Dab duck head roughly sculpted in orange and yellow over the mechanism, with a white foam body shape and cables below, against dark carpet

    Dab Dab Core

  • Completed Dab Dab duck puppet with a dark green furry head, white chest, russet band and a cream ribbon bow, resting on folded cloth on a wooden stool

    Scott Brooker's Completed Dab Dab

  • Colour pencil design sketch of the baby elephant puppet showing two performers inside, with notes on ear, trunk and tail cords, support bars and foot straps

    Elephant Design

  • Dark navy felt elephant body shape with chalked spiral and curved pattern lines marked on it, standing in a cluttered workshop room with a wooden floor

    Maggie Hayden's Elephant Pattern

  • Elephant puppet covered in patterned maroon and gold fabric on a dim backstage floor, with a performer's legs and white foot covers visible at the right

    Elephant Backstage

  • Nicola Tedman holding a pale foam seal body shape marked with coloured pins and pattern lines in a bright workshop beside a large window

    Nicola Tedman & Patterned Seal

  • Finished grey seal puppet perched on a maroon drum with a decorative scalloped base, photographed backstage in dim green light beside a patterned rug and props

    Seal Backstage

  • Seal puppet resting on crates beside a seated man in a maroon velvet coat, as a woman in an orange dress and wide hat watches from a wagon

    Steele & Seal Onstage

  • Colour pencil design sketch of the two headed Pushmi-Pullyu llama puppet with two performers inside, annotated with head, ear, mouth and blink controls

    Pushmi Pullyu Design

  • Close side view of a white furry Pushmi-Pullyu llama head with upright ears, its cable and metal mechanism showing at the neck, photographed backstage in green light

    Pushmi Pullyu Backstage

  • Pushmi-Pullyu puppet, a white llama with a head at each end, stands onstage beside a man in a maroon velvet coat and a boy in a green jacket

    Pushme-Pullyu Onstage

  • Pushmi-Pullyu llama puppet stands onstage among a costumed company in colourful patterned outfits, with a man in a maroon velvet coat and straw hat gesturing beside it

    Steele with Pushmi Pullyu

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