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More new puppet companies added (plus a show in Jan)
Last week I got a couple of emails from local puppetry companies that hadn’t been listed on the site yet. And so I have remedied that, as well as added a couple more sites while I’m here. I’ve added them all to the ‘links’ page, as well as the list of puppetry companies in Australia, the list of courses for puppetry, and the list of puppet sellers. They are as follows:
- Mr Arthur’s Puppets
- Marianne Mettes (as mentioned in my ‘best puppet sites of 2011‘ post), and her business website, PuppetOOdle
- Queensland Theatre of Puppetry
- and Horizon Theatre
Speaking of Horizon, they have a performance on in January that I thought I’d mention here since tomorrow is officially holidays. Horizon will be performing My Alien Adventure at Sidetrack Theatre, 142 Addison Rd, Marrickvile (NSW), from 12th-16th Jan 2012. Tickets, $12 and $15. You can find more info about the show at their website (see above link).
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Puppetry for TV & Web course, Melbourne, Sept-Oct 2011
This news is old. Find out about more recent classes in puppetry here.
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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Gary Friedman moved to Melbourne
It’s been somewhat recent news (I had an insider track) that Gary Friedman, previously located in Sydney, has now moved to Melbourne. The South African puppeteer had been living in Sydney for 10 years; and the man himself informs me that he intends on running Melbourne-based puppetry classes amongst other things. I have no idea what this will entail or when it will be, but I’m sure I can update everyone as info comes through. Gary is also a bit of a globe-trotter so I expect that you’ll be able to catch his classes or other work in various other places throughout the year. All relevant links to his site on School of Puppetry have been updated.
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New puppet companies added
Last week I completed migrating the links from the Puppets in Melbourne website; this week has given me the opportunity to add new links to Australian puppetry companies that I’ve known about for years (and even a new one actually) but never got around to adding to my site. These companies included:
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Paper puppet workshop - Melb, Oct 2010
As previously reported here, Gary Friedman is running his paper workshops. And I’ve just been informed that he will not only be running the one in Sydney (see link above), but he’ll be running one in Melbourne too next week.
@Kelvin, Glad you liked it. I've seen some other 'mini reviews' on Puppets and Stuff, but nothing really that went into detail. I'd like to see what you think of it too, because it would be good to get a take from an American POV. I am loving the Doc pics too, I'm so glad I asked Beatriz to make them :) Especially glad they appear on my smileys toolbar, because it makes it so much easier to use them at various points. I'm really enjoying the freedom I have with the new design to make it all look prettier.
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