Construction of puppets and sets for Parliament in Flames (1981)

Taken in November 1981, these images capture the construction of puppets for WSI’s Blythe Hill production of Parliament in Flames. They include giant hand-made figures of skeletons, the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, storks, Guy Fawkes, and Big Ben. This performance transformed political disillusionment into a shared act of defiance with community collaboration at its heart.