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Classes and workshops for Children

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
Almost a repeat of last year’s highly successful series: discover the basics of puppet construction, staging and manipulation, in hands-on workshops with Master puppeteers Ann Powell and David Powell.

Inspire your child with an abundance of ideas for many hours of creative play at home!

Post show workshops and in-studio performances for children also available

 
Class Dates Price

Workshop 1: Marionette Making
Make a very basic marionette (string puppet) and begin to learn how to manipulate it, how to untangle it, and how to store it away.

May 8
2-5 pm

$ 35.

Workshop 2: Toy Theatre
Build your own Toy Theatre with small-scale scenery and tiny rod puppet characters to present your very own masterpiece.

May 15
2-5 pm

$ 35.

Workshop 3: Shadow Puppetry
Create a show with intricate cutout puppets and animate their shadows on a screen – like a movie performed live.

May 29
2-5 pm

$ 35.

 

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Registration and Policies

TO REGISTER for any course please contact David at 416-469-3555 or email to confirm that there is still room in the course.

PAYMENT can be made from our links to PayPal or by cheque made out to the Toronto School of Puppetry and mailed to 401 Logan Ave., suite 219, Toronto. Ontario. M4M 2P2
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Due to limited class sizes, registration is on a first paid basis. Our receipt of your cheque confirms your registration in class.

Waiting List

If a class is full, you may still reserve your place on the waiting list by mailing your cheque. Places do sometimes become available when other registrants cancel. Your placement on the waiting list will be established in the sequence of cheque arrivals. We will hold your waiting list cheque and return it to you if no place becomes available for you.

Cancellations

If you cancel in advance of two weeks before your first class we will refund your fees less a 20% administrative charge. We regret that there can be no refunds for cancellations made in the two weeks leading up to the first class.

We will refund your full fee in the unlikely event that we have to cancel your course.