Puppetry for adults

Imagine the love child of Barbie and Pinocchio - that's Clementine.

She's a walking talking singing dancing living fashion doll and the biggest star ever to emerge from Toytown.

Clementine is a regular on the gay and cabaret scene, has gained fantastic reviews at the Edinburgh and London International Mime festivals, and even had her own mini series on ITV1.

At the beginning of 2008 she started a regular video diary on the BBC website.

Well known for shunning the paparazzi, Clementine is preparing to talk about her life story for the first time!

From her magical 'birth' in a sinister doll factory, her meteoric rise to the status of global brand, dominating the nurseries of the world, to her recent downturn in sales following the credit crunch, she's telling it all - and guess what? She's turning it into a musical!

(She might even spill the beans on her on-off relationship with her plastic hunk boyfriend Ben Doll... and just why he co-ordinates all his outfits with hers!)

It's like an MGM musical in miniature, told with a variety of puppet styles, headed by the dolly diva Clementine.

This evening is a 'work in progress', showcasing various glamorous ideas which may make it into the finished musical production next year.

Running at approximately 45 minutes, this showcase performance will be followed by a informal 'feedback session' in The Drill Hall bar, where the audience can comment on the production to the cast.