Curl up in front of your computer for Stories from Puppetland- in converstation with Ronnie Burkett, the extraordinary puppeteer, puppetmaker, and story teller from Canada.
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Spooky Showcase + Pumpkin Carving
Calling all Goulies and Ghosties! Lets celebrate our spooky side with a fun, relaxed social event, including pumpkin carving! We encourage all ages to dress up as any kind of character.
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Silver Linings Film Festival Awards Night
Lets celebrate all the amazing entries, and acknowledge our winners!
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Silver Linings Film Festival Watch party
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Puppet Doctor- Sue Wallace and Steve Coupe Sydney Puppet Theatre
The doctors are in! Have a question about mechanisms, or materials? Not sure how to light your stage to best effect? Our experienced puppet doctors Sue Wallace and Steve Troupe from the Sydney Puppet Theatre will be able to answer your questions.
The opportunity to submit questions to our puppet doctors will open in the week/ days leading up to the meeting.
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UNIMA Australia AGM
Come along and hear reports not only from the President, Secretary, and Treasurer, but we also want to hear about what is happening with puppetry in each state and territory of Australia.
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No Humans allowed- Puppets only zoom
Bring a puppet for a verbal improvised puppet jam session.
Humans are only allowed to assist their puppets access the meeting, and solve technical issues.
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Online workshop- Puppets by Leon Hendroff
Learn how to make incredible puppets from puppet designer Leon Hendroff (WA)
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Beer and Puppets- a relaxed puppetry social
A relaxed puppetry social.
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Koala Muppet Making workshop
Have you ever wondered how a hand and rod puppet made from foam is made? Come along to this one day hands on online workshop with all materials provided, to make your very own UNIMA Australia Koala puppet.
Our instructor Katherine Hannaford has been building foam puppets for stage and television for 20 years. Trained originally by Marie Martine Ferrari, Katherine is now mentored by US based master puppet builders Pasha Romanowski (Project Puppet, Beyond the Sock), and BJ Guyer (The Muppets, Crank Yankers, Stan Winston School of Character Arts).
Each participant will be sent a kit of all the parts required to build the puppet. Participants will need to provide a small pair of sharp scissors, safety glasses, disposable gloves, small needle nosed pliers, hot glue gun, and hot glue sticks.
No previous experience building foam puppets is required. This workshop is ideal for puppeteers of foam puppets as you will learn the skills required to maintain your puppets, and for puppet builders curious to add another form of building to your repertoire. You do need to be comfortable using basic crafting materials such as hot glue, scissors, and hand sewing.
The workshop is limited to 10 participants. There will be a materials fee for this workshop.
More details including how to register are coming soon!