Hear Cheryl Henson from The Jim Henson Foundation talking about their streamed puppet shows and workshops - with online content for adults and family audiences :)
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The Lorrie Gardner UNIMA Australia Biennial Scholarship application deadline has been extended until September 30, 2020. There is still up to $2500 AUD up for grabs, and you can see more info at
www.unima.org.au/grants/
The decision on who will receive the Scholarship will be made by October 14 and applicants will be notified as soon as possible after this date.
The successful Scholarship project can commence no earlier than October 19, 2020 and no later than December 31, 2021.
We acknowledge that there may be postponed or cancelled events due to national and international restrictions on gatherings and travel.
Photo: 'POEms' (Written and Directed by 2018 Lorrie Gardner Recipient Fiona Finley at The Drama Studio - Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, NSW)
NB: Scholarship applicants must be Australian citizens or Permanent Residents. Applicants must also have been continual financial members of UNIMA Australia for a minimum of 2 years up to the closing date of the application. In the event of a group application, all members of the group must be UNIMA Australia Inc. members (with at least one participant being a continuous financial member for 2 years at the time of application).
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We wanted to inform you that the Lorrie Gardner UNIMA Australia Biennial Scholarship application deadline has been extended until September 30, 2020. There is still up to $2500 AUD up for grabs, and you can see more info at
www.unima.org.au/grants/
The decision on who will receive the Scholarship will be made by October 14 and applicants will be notified as soon as possible after this date.
The successful Scholarship project can commence no earlier than October 19, 2020 and no later than December 31, 2021.
We acknowledge that there may be postponed or cancelled events due to national and international restrictions on gatherings and travel.
Photo: 'POEms' (Written and Directed by 2018 Lorrie Gardner Recipient Fiona Finley at The Drama Studio - Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, NSW)
NB: Scholarship applicants must be Australian citizens or Permanent Residents. Applicants must also have been continual financial members of UNIMA Australia for a minimum of 2 years up to the closing date of the application. In the event of a group application, all members of the group must be UNIMA Australia Inc. members (with at least one participant being a continuous financial member for 2 years at the time of application).
Click here for more info on membership: www.unima.org.au/membership/ ... See MoreSee Less
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Happy World Puppetry Day! On 21st March 2020, @Unima Australia organised online gatherings via Zoom at 3 different times (to accommodate for different time zones) with members around Australia and with puppeteers overseas. We had people participating from New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, Italy, the UK and China! People brought puppets and toilet rolls (for those who had them - toilet rolls are still sold out in many Australian supermarkets) and we had lots of fun introducing our puppets and playing a game of 'pass the loo roll' around our screens! We also greeted each other with the collective message from UNIMA Internationale:
Happy World Puppetry Day
Together for Peace
Together against Coronavirus
You can also view this video on Youtube: youtu.be/NOleES_apf8
Jingjing Chen from Happy Box Theater in Guangzhou, China, shared "I want to bring all of you good news is that: the restaurant, national park, public Library and Museum in our city Guangzhou China is starting to open again....People are coming back for shopping and having fun, Even we still need to wear mask. It's getting control now in China after all those struggle. So we believe it will be under control in your country soon and all disaster will pass away.".
Their theatre is still closed (for the past 2 months) and we hope they will re-open again soon. She said that theatres are the last places to re-open for a city, so perhaps it will happen in a month. We really hope so!
Thank you to everyone who participated in our Zoom gatherings - Richard Hart and Julia Davis (Dream Puppets VIC), Philip Millar (Puppet Vision VIC), Katherine Hannaford (NSW), Kay Yasugi (Pupperoos NSW), Pete Xander (One Orange Sock VIC), Ros Campbell (Wild Puppets QLD), Brett Hansen (Larrikin Puppets QLD), Fiona Finley (The Drama Studio, NSW), Mitchell Reese and Joshua Anderson (Curious Legends NSW), Jill Webster (Story Bubble NSW), Angie Macmillan (VIC), David Francis Morgan (NSW), Karen Hethey(WA), Leon Hendroff (WA), Rhoda Di Filippo Lopez and Remo Di Filippo (Di Filippo Marionette Italy), Roberta Cipollone and Stephen Bocchetto (Compagnia del Rospo Rosso Italy), Caroline Astell-Burt (London School of Puppetry UK), Linda Lewis (Tunbridge Wells Puppetry Festival, UK) and Jingjing Chen (Happy Box Theater in Guangzhou China). Thank you for sharing your puppets and positivity, and helping us to #SpreadCheerNotFear!
Happy #worldpuppetryday! And go #UNIMA!
#WorldPuppetryDay
#DíaMundialdelaMarioneta
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Happy World Puppetry Day everyone! Today UNIMA Australia organised online gatherings via Zoom at 3 different times (to accommodate for different time zones) with members around Australia and with puppeteers overseas, and we have just finished our last video call :) We had people participating from New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, Italy, the UK and China! People brought puppets and toilet rolls (for those who had them!) and we had lots of fun introducing our puppets and playing a game of 'pass the loo roll' around our screens!
Our last meeting had some big dinosaur enthusiasts so we had a go at a collaborative dinosaur drawing which was a lot of fun too :)
Thank you to everyone who participated - Richard Hart and Julia Davis (Dream Puppets VIC), Philip Millar (Puppet Vision VIC), Katherine Hannaford (NSW), Kay Yasugi (Pupperoos NSW), Pete Xander (One Orange Sock VIC), Ros Campbell (Wild Puppets QLD), Brett Hansen (Larrikin Puppets QLD), Fiona Finley (The Drama Studio NSW), Mitchell Reese and Joshua Anderson (Curious Legends NSW), Jill Webster (Story Bubble NSW), Angie Macmillan (VIC), David Francis Morgan (NSW), Karen Hethey (WA), Leon Hendroff (WA), Rhoda Di Filippo Lopez and Remo Di Filippo (Di Filippo Marionette Italy), Roberta Cipollone and Stephen Bocchetto (Compagnia del Rospo Rosso Italy), Caroline Astell-Burt (London School of Puppetry UK), Linda Lewis (Tunbridge Wells Puppet Festival, UK) and Jingjing Chen (Happy Box Theater in Guangzhou China). Thank you for sharing your puppets and positivity, and helping us to #spreadcheernotfear!
Happy #worldpuppetryday! And go #unima!
#WorldPuppetryDay
#díamundialdelamarioneta
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We are so excited to announce the launch of a new Aussie puppetry podcast by Unima Australia Member Pete Davidson (Pete Xander) from One Orange Sock!
You can now access interviews with puppetry practitioners Philip Millar (Puppet Vision), Katherine Hannaford and Kay Yasugi (Pupperoos), with Richard Bradshaw and other wonderful puppetry folk soon to come.
Click on the links below to have a listen. Please subscribe and share!
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/talking-sock/id1503117341
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/show/464rqv0Aanxo8q7Xeup3DK
Youtube:
www.youtube.com/channel/UC8h40iuWiF4P7_SwL_Lzqrg
Please also consider supporting this new podcast on Patreon, for early access to episodes and extra content :) bit.ly/33Aflh1
Enjoy, and Happy World Puppetry Day!
#WorldPuppetryDay #talkingsockpodcast #talkingsockcast
#talkingsock #aussiepodcast #podcast #oneorangesock #australianpuppeteer #unima #unimaaustralia #unimaoz #oneorangesockproductions #puppetry #puppeteer #puppetbuilder #melbourne #sydney #theatre #entertainment #performingarts #performer #richardbradshaw #shadowpuppet #muppet #TheMuppets #creaturetechnologies #kingkong #kong #dinosaurs #actorIt’s finally here! Happy #worldpuppetryday Talking Sock’s first episodes with @misskhannaford @kay_yasugi and @flipmil are all LIVE on Spotify and YouTube for you to enjoy!
Check out our website www.oneorangesock.com for each episodes blog post with show notes
And find us on Twitter @talkingsockcast and Facebook @oneorangesockproductions to join the conversation
This podcast wouldn’t be possible without @chadbarnier and @snap_orama (Elizabeth Maniscalco) for their cover art and music respectively.
Please support this Aussie podcast bringing Australian Puppeteers and putting them on the proverbial podcasting map!
Talking Sock is a new One Orange Sock Production podcast of feature interviews with artists working in puppetry and performance. Season One is exclusively dedicated to Australian puppetry arts. Let’s put home grown Aussie Puppet Power!
#talkingsockpodcast #talkingsockcast
#talkingsock #aussiepodcast #podcast #oneorangesock #australianpuppeteer #unima #unimaaustralia #unimaoz #oneorangesockproductions #puppetry #puppeteer #puppetbuilder #melbourne #sydney #theatre #entertainment #performingarts #performer #richardbradshaw #shadowpuppet #muppet #themuppets #creaturetechnologies #kingkong #kong #dinosaurs #actor ... See MoreSee Less
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⚠️ Due to the pandemic situation of the corona virus announced by WHO, the UNIMA congress to be held in Bali Indonesia April 2020 is postponed by a year to April 20-26, 2021. ... See MoreSee Less
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Heartwarming to see this video compiled by Guangzhou Tianci Cultural Company and Happy Box Theater in China, who asked puppeteers from all around the world to send videos of encouragement for parents and children in China with Coronavirus, and for those who are isolated in quarantine. For all those affected by this virus we send our hopes for your recovery, and lots of puppet love! ... See MoreSee Less
Check out this project from UNIMA Internationale for World Puppetry Day - Let us sing and animate PEACE!
This year, under the sponsorship of UNESCO, UNIMA joins the many organisations which defend PEACE to celebrate the upcoming 20th UNESCO World Day of Peace (September 21st).
A special event will take place on September 19th in Tolosa, Spain, with the participation of international choirs who will perform an original composition written by Josu Elberdin for the occasion. Puppetry will be presented to give, with freedom, a visual dimension to these moments sung together.
UNIMA proposes World Puppetry Day on March 21, 2020 to be a first step in this celebration. UNIMA proposes two ways to participate:
🎵 Download the score and lyrics
🎥 Perform the composition with a puppet and send the vídeo
👉 www.unima.org/en/world-puppetry-day-2020-peace/
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Megafauna
www.worldsciencefestival.com.au
Ancient Megafauna come to life. These visitors from a forgotten time have returned to find a forest of concrete and steel. As they make their way through the altered landscape,... Check out 'The Last Numbat' by Spare Parts Puppet Theatre at the annual South Perth Sounds Concert in Western Australia on Saturday 22 Feb!
'The Last Numbat' is a new large-scale, interactive, sculptural installation. Suspended from a five-metre high truss, the large-scale marionette is controlled by ropes on two sides by up to twelve people at a time, who together bring the puppet to life. Chosen audience members will help bring the large-scale story to life by interacting with the puppet with props and through retelling of a story. This work explores concepts of connection, community, communication and teamwork. Four performers will manipulate this puppet, engage festival goers, offer guidance to participants, and work together as a team.
The Last Numbat
Commissioned by the City of South Perth
Designed by Leon Hendroff (seen in the photo)
Written by Philip Mitchell
Composition by Lee Buddle
Construction by Leon Hendroff, Julie Reeves, Jackson Harrison
www.sppt.asn.au/2020/02/03/world-premiere-last-numbat-south-perth-sounds-concert/ ... See MoreSee Less
Check out this one-week Puppetry and Mask Training Intensive coming up at Spare Parts Puppet Theatre in Perth, Western Australia! It's happening on 4 – 8 May 2020, and EOI applications close on Sunday 5 April 2020. ... See MoreSee Less
