Corporate Creatures™ harnesses the powerful age-old tradition of puppetry with a 21st century makeover to communicate issues within the business environment. While the puppets themselves are larger-than-life, their workplace and the situations they face are relevant to everyone.
By using the puppet, we provide a non-threatening format in which the audience is entertained while the key messages are still being strongly communicated. We can effectively tackle issues that everyone is thinking about, but no one is comfortable discussing - sensitive subjects such as personal concerns, bullying and sexual harassment in the workplace.
Mr Quest has also announced that he will be conducting interviews with prominent business and world leaders weekly and the first such interview can be found on his blog at CCBN here!
Mr Quest and his team are all listed as Face Book devotees. You can find Con's FB page here! He is also asking all interested to add him as a friend and to subscribe to his NEWS listing here!
On Sunday 12 April a brand new'Puppeteer in Training'was born in Australia. My beautiful son, Idan Joseph Friedman, started his puppetry training at three days old. He has already well mastered the art of manipulation. We are expecting another great artist to emerge from the family. Keep tuned as he takes over his new title as editor-in-chief of Puppetry News shortly!
The naked hand is without limitations. It allows the puppet being created to thrive without all the restrictions we impose by adding on bodies and accessories. Here is a fun short piece by Hobey Ford, which features great simple hand manipulation. Have a great Easter!
Transylvania TV is a hilarious adult American puppet sitcom, which is now going into its second season. Brian Stemmler went behind the scenes at Transylvania TV shoot to see how the creators and puppeteers of this hilarious new show get the job done. He spoke with Co-Creators Gordon Smuder and Michael Heagle to talk about their show. To see episodes of this fantastic new series visit their website here! Check out their You Tube channel here! (Thanks to Andrew at PuppetVision Blog)
Polygram Solubleis a five-day intensive workshop in Adelaide, South Australia will provide students with the physical, emotional and theoretical principles behindPuppetry, Physical, & Object Theatre.
Ninian Donald, Pooka's Movement Director, will guide students through extensive body movement exercises concentrating on physical isolation, co-ordination, expression and communication, setting each student up with the foundation skills underlining all forms of Puppetry & Physical Theatre.
Lachlan Haig, Artistic Director of Pooka, will explore in depth how this bodywork translates to the art form of puppetry and object theatre using carefully selected exercises drawn from the masterclass of French Director Philippe Genty in object manipulation.
Through these exercises and performance techniques the participant will explore their unique relationship to objects, their manipulation, and the art of breathing life, emotion and soul into the inanimate, whether it be brown paper or a carefully crafted puppet.
The course will mainly focus on the use of simple everyday materials with a view to exploring the infinite possibilities of the ordinary when combined with inspiration, technique and the imagination.The workshop will run from 27 April to 1 May 2009 in Adelaide. For more details, contact Leanne Cotter here!
UNIMA is looking for performances between 45 to 70 minutes with the maximum of 12 performers in a group. The organization committee will pay accommodation, meals, and transportation charges in Shanghai for each performance group participating in the festival. The organisation committee will give awards to Best Performance, Best Performer, Best Director, Best Creative, Best Design, Best Composition, etc. The performance groups have to cover travel fees from their country to Shanghai and back to their countries, including transportation charges for performance facilities. Any interested in participation in this festival, should contact the organisation committee before 31st of May, 2009. The coordinators are Ms. He Xiaoqiong & Ms. Zhao Xue and are contactable here! The festival firmly believes that their festival and competition will contribute to the development and prosperity of world puppetry. In Photo: Puppet master, Subur, shows the Chinese puppets Poo Tay Hie (Credit: Getty Images)
