*Please note that this rental is managed through BB&G, not the North Crawford Playhouse.
Little Shop of Horrors
Audrey II Monster Plant Rental
Are you looking for a set of high quality, affordable puppets for your next production of Little Shop of Horrors? Contact Brandon or Brent Bankes of BB&G Unlimited to inquire about availability. This newly designed set of state-of-the-art puppets are unlike any other Audrey II model we know of. The puppet pictured (left) is the largest of the set of four pods and stands 15 feet tall at its greatest height.
Pods three and four operate with a double-articulating jaw for very life-like speech. Pod four rests on a truss system extending from the back of the set so that the puppet can safely and efficiently eat actors while continuing to move and stay animated. The actor falls on a tongue inside of the mouth, is pulled backward into the mouth and out the back of the puppet as the puppet and puppeteer are raised into the air!
Call or email for pricing, availability, and inventory info:
Brent Bankes
608.632.4609
[email protected]
We also strive to help other organizations in their efforts to create memorable theatre design experiences. Are you building a large-scale puppet or set of puppets? Contact us for design and construction expertise, free of charge.
Pods three and four operate with a double-articulating jaw for very life-like speech. Pod four rests on a truss system extending from the back of the set so that the puppet can safely and efficiently eat actors while continuing to move and stay animated. The actor falls on a tongue inside of the mouth, is pulled backward into the mouth and out the back of the puppet as the puppet and puppeteer are raised into the air!
Call or email for pricing, availability, and inventory info:
Brent Bankes
608.632.4609
[email protected]
We also strive to help other organizations in their efforts to create memorable theatre design experiences. Are you building a large-scale puppet or set of puppets? Contact us for design and construction expertise, free of charge.
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Below you will find photos of a previous production of Little Shop, produced in 2007 at North Crawford Playhouse. Feel free to use these photos for design inspiration. Please credit as necessary.
Our Audrey II plant is of our own original design and has a double articulated lower jaw for very life-like speech, with a 10 foot, teeter-totter tongue that allows it to swallow people HORIZONTALLY, kicking and thrashing, just like in the movie. Audrey has two huge mechanical arms (think of two hand-operated back-hoes) with a 12-foot reach and opposing claws that can grab and lift light objects and appear to lift actors and shove them into its 6-foot mouth - none of this namby-pamby "lure-the-victim-to-crawl-inside" business!
Our Audrey is built on a rolling platform, which allows it to appear to crawl with its arms to the front of the stage and appear to drag actors right out of the audience and violently swallow them down just before the final blackout. What fun!
All pieces are designed with the puppeteers in mind, and are built to be nicely counter balanced with multiple bungee cords to allow lightweight and smooth animation. No need for hulking weight lifters; anyone of average strength can operate the machines; so choose your puppeteers of your best of wit and creativity.
We hope to be of service. We show a few photos of the UNCOVERED version of the largest monster to give you an idea of the working mechanisms that are finally hidden in fabric and leaves.
See the Little Shop of Horrors page under the Previous Productions menu for more pictures.
