Limitless Possibilities: Visual Theatre & Newspaper Puppetry

Duration: Wed 26 March & Wed 2 April Workshop 2-6.30pm. Performance from 7.30pm-8.30pm

Castlemaine Fringe Festival 2025:  The Coolroom at the Northern Arts Hotel presents Limitless Possibilities: Visual Theatre & Newspaper Puppetry

Create, make and perform a story in a day with newspaper puppets.

2 Sessions: Wednesday 26 March & Wednesday 2 April
Workshop 2-6.30pm.
Performance from 7.30pm-8.30pm

Background:

Based upon bunraku Japanese form of puppetry, the workshop begins with an introduction to puppet theatre and a process of getting to knowing each other. The workshop then looks at story creation and examine the seven basic plotlines, and each group develops one plotline to tell a story. With the help of Helen, you then create the puppet characters and the world of puppets using newspaper and tissue paper. The stories are presented to a live audience.

Presenter:
Helen Sandercoe [Stories That Matter] has been a Drama/Theatre teacher much of her life. One of her focuses is puppetry ranging from newspaper puppets to shadow puppetry. She has shared her practice over many years for Drama Victoria, Drama Australia Conferences, and several IDEA Congresses. One of the great pleasures, is to give participants a rich experience in drama and/or performance which is grounded in skill development and collaborative creativity.

For several years, she has been lecturing in Drama, Dance and the other Arts for Primary Pre-service Teachers and teaching Secondary Drama Method at three universities, after many years of Secondary Drama teaching.

Contact: Mob: 0431 747 504   E-mail: helen.sandercoe@bigpond.com

Requirements:
Willingness to play, imagine, collaboratively create and perform. No previous experience needed. Comfortable clothes and shoes/runners to move in. It’s and great to have black pants & top for the performance. Only adult participants as the storytellers need to be able to consider stories that include adult themes.

Performance
See the original stories with visual theatre and newspaper puppetry. Performance 7.30pm Adult $10 [warning the stories may involve adult themes.] Afterwards Q&A led by Workshop leader Helen Sandercoe.

Workshop Cost: $55.00 (Commitment from 2pm-8.30 pm) for the day’s workshop. Includes workshop notes, refreshments and dinner.

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