Aha! The new UNIMA 2008 website has been launched, and registrations are open for a wonderful time next April in Perth! Looks like there are going to be some fabulous international puppetry acts, performances from many Australian puppet companies, exhibitions, master classes, carnival day, and an attempt to set a new world record for the […]
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It’s a bit crazy, even scary, to imagine a million puppets of all sorts in one place, but that’s the object of the Million Puppet Project which was launched yesterday (on World Puppetry Day) by Spare Parts Puppet Theatre in Western Australia. Under the project, people from around the world are invited to make […]
It’s today… did you feel the earth move? Hmmm… neither did I. It’s worth reading Michael Mescheke’s international message for World puppetry Day, though: And all around us, this powerlessness is the true strength of the puppet. Because it is part of that “in spite of everything”, without which human beings would have perished long […]
In 2008, Perth WA will host the 20th UNIMA Congress, Conference and International Puppetry Festival. A new website for the 20th Unima World Congress has just been launched, and over coming months it will be the focal point for new information about the development of this wonderful event.
The deadline for the Unima 2008 logo competition has been extended to accommodate Tafe and other educational institution courses. The due date is now July 22nd, 2005. Details are otherwise as outlined here. Go to it!
The Unima congress and festival is held every four years, and in 2008 it is being held in Perth, […]
Happy World Puppetry Day
Posted in UNIMA, puppetry, puppets, sculpture on Mar 21st, 2005
Though its not widely known, March 21st is World Puppetry Day! Dario Fo, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1997, released a WPD message through Union Internationale de la Marionnette, (UNIMA), which you can read on the Unima Australia website.
It was rumoured that this wonderful six metre tall Mexican skeleton puppet (made by […]
Applications are now open for the 2004 Handspan Visual Theatre International Study and Travel Grant. This is a $2,000 grant, awarded annually to an Australian artist who works in puppetry and visual theatre, specifically for international study and travel.
Handspan Visual Theatre was a Melbourne based Theatre Company which created and produced puppetry and visual theatre […]
The following is a press release from the Western Australian government dated June 25th, 2004:
Perth beats China and Switzerland to win World Puppetry Congress and Festival
From the Hon. Bob Kucera, MLA, Minister for Tourism; Small Business; Sport and Recreation; Peel and the South West:
Western Australia will host the 20th Union International De La Marionette (UNIMA) […]
The Australian Puppeteer Magazine looks at national, international and historical puppetry news and events, reviews, and philosophical and technical discussions. You can recieve your copy by joining UNIMA Australia. The Winter edition of the magazine is due out soon, and the editor invites those of you who have attended recent puppetry performances to review […]
In Victoria people are doing individual things to celebrate World Puppetry Day this year. Lorrie Gardner, Australian president of UNIMA, has received some coverage in a local paper for the day and her plans to celebrate it:
Maroondah Leader, March 16, 2004 : Puppeteers have own special day
“Ringwood East puppeteer, Lorrie Gardner, says next week’s World […]