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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Chris Wiegand

The Sex Lives of Puppets review – kaleidoscope of carnality with no strings attached

Haunting … Robin and Dimitri open up in The Sex Lives of Puppets.
Haunting … Robin and Dimitri open up in The Sex Lives of Puppets. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Jeremy rubs his nipples and calls Meryl’s vagina “David Schwimmer”. She has dubbed his todger Roger – which also happens to be her husband’s name. Frannie wishes Harry would get his grammar right when he talks dirty to her. Clive is about to get “stuck in” at a Las Vegas orgy when his wife calls with news of a lump in her breast.

These are the sex lives of puppets. Or rather, the sex lives of (mostly older) people as told by actor-puppeteers. Blind Summit’s production is based on findings from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine’s National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles. It is staged in verbatim-style chapters, mostly with solo or duo interviewees answering questions such as “what’s your secret sauce?” and “is it important that people find you attractive?”

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