For those of you who are both puppet and socially minded, there is an upcoming bi-annual puppetry event in Calgary, Alberta, CANADA  called Puppet Power 2007.  The event looks to “explore the power of puppetry beyond performance”.

The idea is to offer different professionals, who have the opportunity to use puppetry in their respected fields, options and opportunties to see how it could realistically apply to what they are already doing.  Some of the professions that will be focused on are ‘helping professionals’ i.e.:- therapists, social workers, teachers, aritsts and students, activists with various NGO’s, grassroots organizations, consultants, human resources professionals and marketing professionals, librarians and researchers.

This event will run from Friday May 25th - Sunday May 27th at the Rozsa Centre - University of Calgary.  The event is being put on by Wendy Passmore and the W.P. Puppet Theatre.  For more information please feel free to contact W.P. Puppet Theatre or go to their webpage for more information here.

If you are in the Calgary area, it is a great opportunity to see how puppetry can be used “beyond entertainment”.