{"id":16613,"date":"2026-04-23T15:24:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\/?post_type=events&#038;p=16613"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:24:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:24:57","slug":"meet-fred","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\/en\/events\/meet-fred\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Fred"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" single-featured-image\">\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Meet-Fred-Blackwood-Miners-Institute.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"video-tagline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t<section id=\"\" class=\"block text-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackwoodminersinstitute.com\/en\/whats-on\/meet-fred\/\">Book your tickets here!<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>A decade ago, a two-foot-tall puppet took on the world\u2014and he\u2019s still fighting.<\/p>\n<p>After touring 20+ countries and delighting thousands of audiences, Meet Fred returns to the UK for its 10th anniversary tour. This darkly hilarious, critically acclaimed production follows Fred, a cloth puppet just trying to live an ordinary life\u2014get a job, find love, be part of society. But with his Puppetry Living Allowance under threat, Fred\u2019s world spirals out of control. How do you hold on to independence when the system pulls the strings?<\/p>\n<p>With biting wit, razor-sharp political satire, and moments of unexpected tenderness, Meet Fred is an unmissable comedy that has resonated with audiences across the globe. Created by award-winning inclusive theatre company Hijinx, the show features a stellar cast of performers with and without learning disabilities and\/or autism, whose lived experiences bring depth and authenticity to Fred\u2019s struggle.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrating 10 years of making audiences laugh, gasp, and rethink the world around them, Meet Fred is as urgent and relevant today as ever. Contains strong language and puppet nudity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA real marvel\u2026 essential viewing for humans and puppets everywhere\u201d \u2013 Total Theatre<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"featured_media":16620,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"inline_featured_image":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"event_category":[933],"tc_location":[937],"class_list":["post-16613","events","type-events","status-publish","hentry","event_category-live-performances","tc_location-blackwood"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meet Fred | Visit Caerphilly<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\/en\/events\/meet-fred\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta 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