Interested in building a puppet yourself? Interested in having a go at puppetry? Alex can help you get started and help you along the way. Alex also takes commissions. Use the Contact form for a quote today!
Young People
Interested in running an activity for your school or community group? Half day, full day and two day puppetry visits for high school students. We are trained art, design and drama educators who can link content to your curriculum. Keep an eye our for our school holiday workshops or contact us to deliver a custom workshop tailored to your needs.
Kids
Kids workshops can be tailored for a half day or full day for puppeteering or a half/half of puppet building and puppet operating for Film and Television or Puppet Theatre. Keep an eye out for our kids holiday workshops or contact us for a quote. We are trained educators with approval to teach in New South Wales and Victorian schools.
Our Workshops Series
Puppet Building
The studio offers workshops in basic puppet building in the Henson style. We can give you the materials, tools and techniques to build your own puppet and realise a unique character. Workshops in Puppet Building are limited to 12 persons and cost per person varies between $100 - 150 AUD.
Puppetry for Film and Television
We can show you the ropes of performing with puppets for film and television. These workshops are generally suited to young people between the ages of 10-17. We show you how to operate a puppet and work technical aspects of performing on camera monitors. We develop short skits to perform to camera. Puppets can be provided or this workshop can be tethered to a puppet building workshop so that you can use your own.
Puppeteering for Theatre
There are a range of ways to perform with puppets on stage. We offer workshops in play board puppetry (no visible puppeteer) and showman puppetry (visible puppeteer).
If you are looking to upskill a cast of performers for an upcoming show - this is the workshop for you. Contact us with the details of your show or class and we'll be in touch!
Puppetry Artforms
While we specialise in Henson-style puppetry, there are several other forms of puppetry arts. Table top, marionette, shadow puppetry, black-light puppetry, bunraku, physical theatre and ensemble puppetry are just a few of the various styles. If you have a specific style of puppetry you need some expertise on, contact us! If we can't advise you ourselves then we'll point the right direction.