Here is a slightly spooky thing to listen to when you are making a doll or puppet, as happened to me yesterday: The Dollmaker, a radio play by John Aiken. The doll becomes an alter-ego of its maker. I’m not sure how long the audio remains available, but give it a listen, its well done.
Another radio program I heard that caught my attention recently was about a puppet production, Operation, showing in Melbourne for the Next Wave Festival which was running at the same time as the Commonwealth Games. It was an interview with Sam Routledge, the co-director and puppeteer, and one of the graduates from the VCA post-graduate puppetry course, from which a new company, Blood Policy, has emerged. But I can’t find a trace of the interview on ABC Online.
I also heard an interview with puppetmaker Andrew McDougall a while ago, and was interested to hear that he is currently doing his Masters in Puppetry at the VCA, too.
I was wondering today — do we say puppetmaker in Australia, whereas in the US and other places they say puppet builder?
Update: I just happened across a website for Blood Policy’s Operation. It has a gallery with photos from the production.
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