This inventive play delights audiences of all ages, bringing the world of play, creativity and performance to life, brick by brick by brick. Guaranteed to stimulate imaginations and spark creative thinking, the Brick Bros. Circus is a complete, miniature one-ring circus, performed by highly trained building bricks in itty bitty costumes. See the acrobatic Bildovitch Family, the breathtaking Madame Brikaskova, the amazing Brick Contortionist and much much more!
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History and pure fun are integrated in this imaginative retelling of the classic fairy tale. We’ve reset the story in 1834, just as “Muddy” York is to be renamed Toronto.
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A World of Puppetry is both an introduction to the intriguing diversity of puppetry traditions around the world, and a demonstration of simple puppet making techniques. The presentation appeals to students’ imaginations and sense of wonder, as well as giving their teachers a solid technical basis with which to inspire creativity in follow-up classroom activities in this interdisciplinary art form.
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At the Tarragon Theatre for One Week Only: December 16 to 21, 2014 School Groups – Dec 16 to 19 – morning and afternoon viewings are available. Public Shows– Dec 19 to 21: Friday December 19th at 7.30 pm Saturday 20th, 2.30 and 7.30 pm Sunday 21st, 2.30 Gala Matinee Ticket prices: Adult $25 Children and Seniors $20 Gala Matinee $50 (includes a charitable receipt for $25) Available at the Tarragon Box Office 416-531-1827
DESCRIPTION Laced with Puppetmongers’ inimitable humour and delightful storytelling, Bed & Breakfast is a charming adaptation of The Princess and the Pea, set in a magnificent miniature mansion of the Edwardian era. Older children are intrigued by the captivating detail – tiny working period light fixtures and a steaming bathtub – while younger children are entranced by the story, transfixed by the power of make-believe. Humour abounds, and everyone roots for the clever servants who conspire to create a happy ending for their Royal employers. Bed & Breakfast was originally written, designed, built and performed solo by Ann Powell. The play was later remounted for two performers, directed by Sue Miner. DETAILS
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After a delicious pot-luck supper we caught up on members activities and developments. One member came prepared to share a technical problem they were encountering with a show in development. The group brainstormed solutions and we finished off the evening with watching a selection of amazing puppetry videos that were recommended by members of the group.
Hosted Chloe and Jessica from Mind of a Snail, who were premiering Multiple Organism at the Toronto Fringe Festival. We were all so enthusiastic about their work that the evening ended in a conversation about having them offer a workshop on overhead projection in theatre on their next visit to town.
Open Studio evening. Members came with their individual projects to work on, exchange information and ideas, connecting, and general chat.
2017 School of Puppetry classes/courses are now posted.
This Fall Keira Loughren and her team of designers and actors were at home in our Toronto studio for a week long workshop of The Komagata Maru Incident, by Sharon Pollock, slated for production at Stratford in mid 2017.
Our job was to create shadow puppets for a Sikh folktale inserted into the play – here are a few pictures of what we made, based on a style of thai shadow puppetry… projected with halogen lamps.
Collaborated on a workshopping of Cue for Treason at Stratford Ontario, with directors Varrick Grimes and Keira Loughran and video artist Erin Gruber. It was done with a blend of shadow image/action with projection and live action from a team of six actors.
For this made cut out shadow images to be projected by halogen lamps, and then Erin captured them on video and played with them on her computer before re projecting the results.
Some memorable moments were:
Altogether a great shame that the Stratford Festival did not choose to take in on to production – it would have been so much fun!