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Puppetry for TV & Web course, Melbourne, Sept-Oct 2011

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I recently wrote that Gary Friedman had moved to Melbourne from Sydney; I have just received news of his first Melbourne-based puppetry course. He has been running similar ones in Sydney for years, and finally us Melbournites have a chance at attending them without leaving the state!

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@Neil, I believe we've had a similar conversation before, late last year. (I've recently started migrating my FAQs to a new site, so you probably wouldn't have realised it was me). Unfortunately, I haven't moved the post on ventriloquist dummies yet, but you can still find it here.

The best thing I can recommend is to purchase something from overseas, or to commission a local puppeteer. I know of no one who specifically makes and sells ventriloquist dummies in Australia. Alternatively, you may want to commission a muppet-type puppet which has moving eyes, etc. Jarrod Boutcher, a well-known muppet-type builder, is located in QLD.

Sorry I can't offer more info, but this is all I have found on vents in Oz.

... School of Puppetry on What is ventriloquism?