Coffee-cat, Kathleen Azali, has a cool run down on the Melbourne International Puppet Carnival, with photos, and links to a few reviews and video clips. In taking a look at her portfolio, I was interested to see Kathleen had done some making for eRTH. She made Eve, pictured here with barb barnett, in all-mother. And I love the zombie dragon made for the Magic Flute.

I meant to post something about all-mother. It was intense and challenging theatre, and the story was somewhat complex to unravel, especially since it was told backwards. It had some wonderful puppetry. In particular I remember the scene where Lilith is surrounded by small devils, creatures made from sticks and other found objects, all with their own idiosyncratic ways of moving; and the scene where one is drawn in to share her exquisite tenderness for her babies, only then to have to watch as she tears them apart, part of her punishment for saying no to Adam.

Updated links 2015