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Fresh Ideas in Puppetry is officially accredited by UNIMA Canada, and supported by our wonderful donors.
Fresh ideas in Puppetry 2026 will be presented on-line on May 30th and in-person on May, 31st at a location TBA
This annual mini-conference-and-festival showcases artists taking new and ground-breaking directions in puppetry. It is an event for exciting innovations and explorations, presentations and performances, demonstrations and discussions. A stimulating event for everyone interested in current developments in puppetry.
Fresh Ideas 2025 took place May 31st online, and June 1st at the Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, 79 St. George Street, Toronto.
Both were afternoon programs that started at 1:30
THE JULY 2025 PROGRAM – ONLINE:
Profundity and Simplicity in Ruination Puppetry – Zero Untitled Productions – Michael Verderber, Katherine Orozco-Verderber, and Julio Martinez (Texas)
The Immigrant. How to approach a puppet drama – Teatro Firulete (Spain)
A Puppet Journey from Spain to the Arctic Circle: Joining the Herds Emerging Company –
Logan ‘Lo’ Robins (they/he). Artistic Director of The Unnatural Disaster Theatre Co.
War of the Newts or: Here we go again. Crafting theatre in menacing times – Alex Winfield (Nautilus Theatre)
WORLD STARS SHOW – Cemal Fatih Polat Karagöz Theater (Turkey)
The Best Projects Start with Friends: Puppetry on Broadway’s Work To Recognize, Celebrate, and Expand Theatrical Puppetry – Julia Schemmer/Puppetry on Broadway (New York, USA)
THE JULY 2025 PROGRAM – IN PERSON:
Upcycling in Puppetry – The making of Little I-Am-Me – Small Puppets-Owned Theatre
Catch and the Dancing Liver – Liver Diie Productions
The Inkawu Project – Punctuate! Theatre and the Jackman Humanities Institute
Paper Farmer – Paperball Puppetry
Ramla and the Desert – Nehal El-Hadi, Mabel Wonnacott, heather Piper & Waleed Abdulhamid
Concrete Cabaret, get involved in your local puppet slam and experimental puppet community!
Annie Rollins
Fresh Ideas in Puppetry 2022
Fresh Ideas in Puppetry 2021
