Siblings Ann and David Powell, national treasures and Co-Artistic Directors of Puppetmongers Theatre, have been creating puppet theatre together since their parents made the fateful mistake of giving a string puppet to Ann when they were little, which sparked their unshakeable love for the art form.
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We’ll be looking at some samples of work by local puppeteer, Jamie Shannon
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For its third installment of the 2021 Spring Puppet Forum Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will host “Working on Race and Ethnicity in Puppetry” with curator Dr. Jungmin Song and Ballard Institute Director John Bell on April 8 at 7 p.m. ET.
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This week we are looking at the work of Sandglass Theatre
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Here are your Thursday videos for March 25.
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Brother and sister duo Ann and David Powell are the Puppetmongers and for nearly five decades, they’ve been making magic for kids and adults alike. Like other artists, they’ve been affected by the pandemic — but they’ve found a way to teach and perform virtually. Take a look.
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This week, for our Thursday night viewing and discussion, we’re going back in time to Lotte Reiniger’s stop motion shadow films. She was a German film director who moved to Canada, and was making short and full length stop motion animated movies before Disney.
Continue readingThis week, we’ve chosen Object Theatre as the video theme.
Our own object theatre production, The Brick Bros Circus, is currently streaming this week (optional PWYC ticket) until March 24.
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Brother-sister team David and Ann Powell are proving the best community puppet shows are the ones where there are no strings attached.
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