{"id":144,"date":"2005-09-17T20:45:36","date_gmt":"2005-09-17T20:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/?p=144"},"modified":"2015-08-13T11:32:53","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T00:32:53","slug":"mr-squiggle-whos-pulling-the-strings-the-art-and-life-of-norman-hetherington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2005\/09\/17\/mr-squiggle-whos-pulling-the-strings-the-art-and-life-of-norman-hetherington\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr Squiggle &#8211; Who&#8217;s pulling the strings: The Art and Life of Norman Hetherington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;\" title=\"Mrsquiggle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spiritsdancing.com\/blog\/mrsquiggle.jpg\" alt=\"Mrsquiggle\" border=\"0\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/mosmanartgallery.org.au\/\">Mosman Art Gallery<\/a> is hosting an<br \/>\nexhibition titled <del>Mr Squiggle &#8211; Who&#8217;s<\/del><br \/>\n<del> pulling the strings: The Art and Life of Norman<\/del><br \/>\n<del> Hetherington<\/del> from Sept 3rd to<br \/>\nOctober 9th.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This exhibition explores the career of Norman Hetherington, the originator, creator and puppeteer of the popular children\u2019s ABC program, \u2018Mr Squiggle\u2019. Norman Hetherington has lived in Mosman for over 40 years and made a significant contribution to Australian television history and culture. The exhibition presents a variety of original puppets, drawings, cartoons,<br \/>\npromotional material and memorabilia, and ABC television program segments.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Associated with the exhibition there will also be performances at the gallery on Sunday 25 September, 11am &amp; 2pm. These will be a short and rare performance by Norman with Mr Squiggle followed by <em>A Package for Granny<\/em> by Sydney Puppet Theatre and <em>Puppetease<\/em> by Ross Browning. <strong>Bookings:<\/strong> 02 9978 4178<\/p>\n<p>Norman was recently interviewed on ABC Radio National&#8217;s <em>The World Today<\/em>. You can read the interview <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/worldtoday\/content\/2005\/s1451235.htm\">here<\/a>, or listen to it by following whichever format you prefer linked at the top of that page. It&#8217;s refreshing to hear someone recommending fun so much! At the Puppetry Summit a few years ago Norman was kind enough to do an upside down squiggle (Mr Squiggle&#8217;s particular thing) for me and others. I come across it in my notebook every now and then and it makes me smile.<\/p>\n<p>Updated 2015: broken links<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mosman Art Gallery is hosting an exhibition titled Mr Squiggle &#8211; Who&#8217;s pulling the strings: The Art and Life of Norman Hetherington from Sept 3rd to October 9th. &#8216;This exhibition explores the career of Norman Hetherington, the originator, creator and puppeteer of the popular children\u2019s ABC program, \u2018Mr Squiggle\u2019. 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