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.