New Muppet movie or not?

According to The Muppets' You Tube Channel, the brand new Muppet movie  "The Muppets" is due for general release on 23 November 2011,  just in time for the American Thanks Giving holiday.

Thirty-two years after the original 'Muppet Movie' was released in 1979, Disney have put out an extremely confusing trailer and it certainly doesn't appear to be the first. Last month, another trailer to 'Green with Envy' was released, which you can find here. Two people searching for love, but only finding 'The Muppets' looks like a rather sad let down for older Muppet fans.

According to the blurb "When Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater, they help Kermit reunite the Muppets to stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10 million needed to save the theatre."

You can find more on the making of and the exclusive set photos of this new Muppet Movie here, and make a decision for yourself, but don't say I sent you!

Improbable 'Panic' comes to Sydney Opera House

After provoking Sydney audiences in 2006 with The Hanging Man, UK-based Improbable Theatre returns to Australia with their latest production Panic. You can catch a preview of the show here!

Drawn from personal stories and current obsessions, this tale of love is Improbable with puppetry, pratfalls, aerial feats and the longest list of self-help books ever announced on stage. Suggested for mature audiences, Panic embodies a childlike imagination blended with an adult’s wistful meditation on love, sex, life and death. Conceived as an improvisatory vaudeville, the production represents a return to intimate scale by the freewheeling troupe whose talents helped collaborate on the international hit Shockheaded Peter and Philip Glass’ opera Satyagraha.

PuppetryNews subscribers can buy tickets for the special price of $20 + booking fee. (Use the promo codes FRINGE when booking online or call the Sydney Opera House Box Office on 02-9250 7777).