Life will never be the same, spending New Year in Cape Town, skinny dipping in an indoor pool, at a party high up in the hills above the city. And 2006 has only just begun! It feels like another action packed year full of travel and puppetry events is about to take place, not only in Australia, but once again across the globe. There's just so much happening out there. Let's see what lies in store for us in 2006 - there's the 2nd National Puppet Summit in Hobart, Tasmania (Australia) from 9 -12 June, followed closely by the PSI#12 Conference in London, UK from 15 - 18 June. The conference, dedicated to Performing Rights will gather artists, activists and academics for a festival of creative and critical dialogues investigating the relationships between human rights and performance. They are linking human rights and performance because of the significance of human rights in a time of war and globalisation, and because of the bold claims made for performance as a way of understanding the world. There's, of course, the big 14th World Festival in Charleville-Mezieres, once again in September focusing on the Mediterranean; there's also a scheduled festival in Kenya in October, although it hasn't officially yet been confirmed, and a lot more, so keep checking for regular events and updates in this brand new year! Happy New Year...
