Puppets for Canberra Youth Theatre’s TANK
I had a really enjoyable build recently, making a swag of zany puppets and props for Canberra Youth Theatre‘s production TANK, which is playing now at Canberra’s spring flower extravagaza, Floriade. TANK is a rather Pythonesque look at our relationship to water, written by Adam Hadley, directed by Pip Buining, and designed by Imogen Keen. It’s told in six 6-minute stories, played to an audience of six per story. Performances are free and run at Floriade on 12,13, 19, 20, 26 and 27 September 2009. Later, on 23 – 28 November, it will play in Garema Place in Canberra CBD, at 11am and 12noon.
Here are some of the puppets and props; check my Flickr portfolio set for others.
The meercat and the meercat hat:
Yiying Lu in the meercat hat!
I got rather fond of the hat…
The pirate captain (finger puppet):
The rat (rod puppet):
Kevin, the polar bear (worn on shoulders):
Hans and Donaldine, or the other way around… (glove puppets):
The shark (worn on shoulders):
The amoebas (glove puppets):
The eggbeater time machine! Love this great design idea!
Two rockets:
The multiple eyes of Veruna, the water goddess. In motion.
Versatility thy name is Hil!
Creative elegance and disarming fun in oh so many forms.
Hugs
Especially fond of meercats, amoebas and carborn policemen.
Thanks so much, Ann – and hugs back! Yes , project, people and ideas were all really fun with this!