Naomi at Puppets in Melbourne recorded a great interview with the amazing and ever-gracious Canadian master puppeteer Ronnie Burkett a couple of days ago. There are many nice insights, things such as his pilgrimages to other puppeteers like Norman Hetherington (Mr Squiggle) and the NIDA archive of Peter Scriven‘s work (the Tintookies); that knowledge about scaling in making and costuming puppets is a skill that takes a long time to learn; that his experiments with paper mache recipes continue, superseding Papier Mache Rediscovered by many years.
Ronnie and his Theatre of Marionettes is touring Australia at the moment with his new show Billy Twinkle: Requiem for a Golden Boy. Don’t miss him – he is at The Arts Centre, Melbourne, until 20 September, then at the Sydney Opera House from 1 -17 October.
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