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Interview: Behind the scenes of Zee and the City

See how the people at 101 Outdoor Arts and Puppets with Guts brought Zee and the City to life for BD: Festival 2025.

Published: September 4, 2025

Get to know the puppeteers and makers behind the towering 4.5 metre puppet - part of Zee and the City.

Zee and the City

Meet the people behind the movement and design of Zee, the completely people-powered puppet. Created especially for Bradford 2025 by Puppets with Guts and with 101 Outdoor Arts, this blend of music, storytelling and awe-inspiring puppetry wound its way through the city centre at BD: Festival 2025.

Sketch drawing og a large puppet, Zee
Making the Puppet
Making the Show