WA Puppetry Workshops with Gary Friedman
AFTRS, FTI, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre Special Event: 5-9 May 2004, Fremantle, 5-9 May 2004
Gary Friedman is an internationally renowned producer, director and puppet performer, with over 30 years of experience working on educational puppetry programs throughout Africa, Canada, Australia and Europe.
Garyıs puppetry-for-television training started while attending a course run by the late Muppet creator, Jim Henson in France in 1987:
Gary has conducted puppetry and visual theatre workshops in a number of interactive environments. More recently Gary produced and performed in a daily two-hour national educational television series in South Africa and he has been working in Fiji assisting the government to develop an educational television series using puppets.
In the early 1980s, Gary produced and performed socio-political live performance satires such as Puppets Against Apartheid. In 1994, he formed African Puppet Television, and later developed and co-produced a children's educational series, in six local languages, in which he performed a character that travelled the country discovering children and their cultures throughout South Africa. Gary immigrated to Australia in 2002 and is now based at the Seymour Theatre, University of Sydney. Gary will show examples of his work, and discuss how he has used live puppetry and puppetry-in-television to communicate, educate and entertain throughout his career.
Date : Wed 5 May
Time : 6pm-9pm
Cost : $30/ $20 FTI & AFTRS Network Members
Puppetry-in-Health, Education and Community Development
This program consists of a seminar and a follow-on workshop, and is especially suited to those interested in the use of puppets in a social, educational, cultural and community context. Puppetry has a unique ability to bridge gaps in understanding and to bring people together to examine community and social issues. It can be a portal for engaging with children, and those who may be threatened by direct engagement.
Program 1 : Why use Puppets?
The seminar will explore some of Garyıs puppetry programs, such as: Puppets Against Aids, Puppets in Prison, Puppets for Democracy, Puppets Against Corruption, and Puppets Against Abuse. He will discuss how this type of education can be monitored and evaluated, and will screen examples of each project.
Date : Thurs 6 May
Time : 6pm-9pm
Cost : $50/ $40 FTI & AFTRS Network Members
Program 2 : How to use Puppets?
This one-day workshop will help the non-puppeteer to become comfortable with using a puppet, and introduce a variety of practical elements for those interested in using puppetry in an educational or community context.
Date : Fri 7 May
Time : 10am-5pm
Places : 20
Cost : $180/ $150 FTI & AFTRS Network Members
Puppetry for Television : An Introductory Workshop
This hands-on workshop is an introduction to using puppets in television,
and includes basic manipulation for the television camera, body movement,
lip-synchronisation and eye focus. Participants will develop, perform and
record short 1-2 minute scenarios for the camera in small groups. These will
be later reviewed for group discussion.
Date : Sat 8 May - Sun 9 May
Time : 2pm-6pm (Sat) & 10am-5pm (Sun)
Places : 15
Cost : $260/ $220 FTI & AFTRS Network Members
Venue : Film and Television Institute, 92 Adelaide Street, Fremantle, WA
Bookings & Information : Phone 9431 6700 or Email: ftitraining@fti.asn.au or
go to Film and Television Institute
Gary Friedman Productions : Seymour Theatre, University of Sydney, PO Box 1125, Bondi Junction, NSW 1355, Australia
Office : 02-9351.7948
Mobile : +61-401-038.985
Email : gary@africanpuppet.com
Web : www.africanpuppet.com
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