Tag Archives: Puppet Events

Vote for your Favorite Alien!

One week left to vote! Head on over to PuppetContest.com to vote for your favorite space character in Puppet Contest 2008: A Space Odyssey. The voting will only be open through December 7, 2008!

Puppet Contest 2008: A Space Odyssey

Project Puppet’s third annual puppet contest has landed! This year’s contest is entitled – Puppet Contest 2008: A Space Odyssey. Here’s a few details about the contest: All entries must be received by November 1, 2008. The Grand Prize Winner will receive a $200.00 USD cash prize from Project Puppet. The First Runner-Up will receive [...]

Alistair Ant Prodcutions New website and CD!

I just received and email from some amazingly talented performers in Toronto.  Rob and Soli Joy are truly exceptional and I was very happy to see that they have launched their new website (which looks great by the way).  My family was also invited to their CD launch party for their newest CD called “Happy Birthday, [...]

Final Call!

This is your last chance to enter your puppet in The Once Upon a Puppet Contest!  The dealine is tomorrow, so finish those noses, arms and eyes.  Get those puppets in you guys (and gals)!  Hey, I’m a poet!  Don’t be late.  I am looking forward to seeing what people come up with.

The Balcony Puppeteers

After coming back from the Puppets Up! Festival in Almonte, Ontario, I have been rejuvinated in my puppet passion and I have decided to write about some of the acts (and people) that I have enjoyed.  When the festival first started (three years ago) I was asked to help out doing puppetry improv from the balcony.  [...]

FCP 2007 Annual Conference

Many of the puppeteers that are part of the online community are involved in Christian ministries. For those who fall under this category, the Fellowship of Christian Puppeteers is hosting their annual conference at Winthrop University in South Carolina on July 23-27. Anyone in the area may find this an educational opportunity to refine your [...]

Fresh Ideas In Puppetry

A funny thing happend to me at work today.  Sitting at a table was a very nice woman with a set up for a shadow puppet performance and a selection of puppets.  After speaking to her for a short time I was surprised to find out that she was Anne Barber of Shadowland Theatre here [...]

World Puppetry Day

Image from: MShades March 21st is the world puppetry day and as usual some representative from the puppetry world sends an international message through UNIMA… The nostalgic and the new Sennosuke Takeda Born in Iida city in 1930. Worked extensively in marionette theatre on television, in films and on the stage. Ex-member of executive committee [...]

Puppet Power 2007: Puppet Conference in Calgary, Alberta, CANADA

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 [...]

UNIMA 2008 Promotional Video

April 2008 will mark UNIMA’s 20th Congress and World Puppetry Festival. The folks at SpareParts Puppets in Australia have posted the promotional video. The festival will be held in Perth and showcase acts from all over the world. If you are interested…they are still searching for Performers. Check out the video HERE!