tarrengower puppetfest

A Bird, A Tree, The Moon

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A Bird, A Tree, The Moon is the most recent production by Melbourne visual theatre company Peepshow Inc. The pesky skeleton bird puppet is a lovely! Directed by Melinda Hetzel and performed by Nick Barlow and Angela Orrego, the show played to passers-by outdoors at night in City Square.  Alison Croggon has a great review.

It sounds as if the inaugural Tarrengower Puppetfest was very succesful. The Tarrengower Times has a gallery of photos from the weekend taken by Andrew Hobbs.

The National Theatre and Global Creatures are seeking performers /puppeteers  for its upcoming production of War Horse, which will open at the Arts Centre in Melbourne, January 2013.  Their casting brief (pdf) gives details and who to contact if you are interested.

Hutch

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The show I would be most curious to see at the Tarrengower  Puppetfest in March (sadly I’m not going) is Hutch by Rachael Wenona Guy, which will take place in a disused gold mining tunnel known as Carman’s Tunnel. In a recent post, Rachael describes it as ‘a passion play involving a Mother, a giant rabbit and the rituals of nurturing an infant’ with an insatiable appetite. It looks creepy, and I’m sure that side of it will be enhanced by being seen in a claustrophobic  shadowy ‘warren’.

Tarrengower Puppetfest

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The inaugural Tarrengower  Puppetfest is coming up quickly! It takes place in the central Victorian town of Maldon on 10 -12 March 2012. The relaxed rural setting, where people can easily walk between performance venues, cafe’s and eating places, should be a drawcard as it was at the One Van Puppet Festival, which used to be held in Blackheath in the Blue Mountains.

The artistic director, Richard Hart from Dream Puppets, has put together a great program, and there are more performances yet to be included, including a puppet slam. Dream Puppets also puts together the Oz Puppetry Email Newsletter which is a good way of keeping up to to date with Australian puppetry news, and the festival.