Workshops for Adults

Participants will gain a sense of how critically important gravity, leverage and fulcrums are to marionettes.   Everyone will make their own simple yet effective cloth marionette and learn how to string their puppet.

In this workshop, participants will each transform an ordinary cardboard box into a miniature theatre, create mini puppet actors, and discover the possibilities of scenic effects and theatrical surprises.

In this workshop participants will construct their own hand puppet “glove”, following Johan’s effective technique.

This workshop will help the budding puppeteer or experienced manipulator hone their artistry by closely examining the technical skills required to bring the puppet to life, through the lens of the television camera.

Join Mike Harding of Applefun Puppetry and learn how to perform a one-person puppet show! Find out how to organize your puppets and props. Discover how to manage an audience by yourself. Decide what type of puppets will work best. Learn to create a story that can be performed by just one person.

April 25th – 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (1/2 workshop) In this half day workshop, we will discuss and explore basic ways of creating character voices for various puppets. Through analyzing