PERFORMING
PERFORMING: Training in animation and stage skills to bring different types of puppets to convincing life including essential puppetry principles (e.g. breath work) and sessions focused on specific techniques e.g. moving mouth or actors’ voice work. Workshops for all those seeking to perform in any context using puppetry.
PERFORMING COURSES ARE LISTED BELOW:
PUPPETRY FUNDAMENTALS / PERFORMING
2&3 November / WEEKEND / £105
Puppetry Fundamentals
2 – 3 November 2019 / Weekend / £105 / PERFORMING ‘A really good course, with complex ideas clearly and interestingly communicated – it was fun and enjoyable, I loved it.’ ‘This has definitely given me the confidence to take on puppetry work.’ One of our most enduringly popular courses: a weekend introducing the core skills … Continue reading Puppetry Fundamentals
GLOVE PUPPETRY
17 NOVEMBER 2018 / 1 DAY / £60 / PERFORMING ‘THE BEST KIND OF FUN.’ A short introduction to one of the most iconic puppetry forms. The course will include core skills related to working with glove and hand puppets, staging options (from traditional booths to more contemporary settings), working with two (or more!) puppets, working … Continue reading GLOVE PUPPETRY
ME AND MY PUPPET
30 NOVEMBER 2018 / 1 DAY / £60 / PERFORMING This short course will look at ways of performing alongside your puppet character. We’ve found this a very powerful form for making solo work: you, and your puppet. Students have previously made very successful short shows in this way. The course will give you specific … Continue reading ME AND MY PUPPET
Puppetry & Early Years
15 Feb 2019 / 1 Day / £75 / PERFORMING Puppetry has a powerful and magical connection for the very young. This one-day session will explore techniques for creating excellent puppetry for early years children. We will consider storytelling, models of interaction, puppetry styles and design alongside sharing some of our discoveries on making highly … Continue reading Puppetry & Early Years
Talking with Puppets
9 March 2019 / 1 Day / £75 / PERFORMING ’SURPRISINGLY INSPIRING + HUGELY PLAYFUL – WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND!’ Puppets love to speak – to show off their unique voices, to tell stories and make their opinions heard! This weekend course will explore techniques and processes for using text, and your voice, with puppets. … Continue reading Talking with Puppets
Puppetry and Music
13 April 2019 / 1 Day / £75 / PERFORMING ‘THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY AND VERY MOVING PUPPET ARTISTRY’ Puppetry and music go together brilliantly. Music can help extend and inspire puppet manipulation and gesture; music can challenge the rhythms of puppetry and reveal new moods, impulses and characters. In performance, music can drive action, underscore … Continue reading Puppetry and Music
