Saturday · Workshops
Make a Puppet and Bring it to Life!
Bridget Sanders
- When
- 12:15–1:45pm · 90 mins
- Ages
- Adult (14+)
- Where
- Upstairs
- Vogelmorn Bowling Club, 93 Mornington Road, Brooklyn, Wellington 6021
- In the Precinct building. The toilets here are up a short flight of stairs (fewer than five) and are not wheelchair accessible. Crossing to the Hall means several sets of steps and a lawn.
A hands-on workshop offering a rare opportunity to build your own Practice Puppet (in the style of a table-top Sandglass training puppet) and explore techniques to breathe life into it. Perfect for anyone curious about puppetry, theatre practitioners wanting to expand their toolbox, Parents and curious teenagers, and lovers of handmade craft. No prior experience needed, just enthusiasm and a generous puppetry heart! All materials provided.
About the artist
Bridget Sanders is Producer & Creative Director at Birdlife Productions and has been making and performing with Puppetry for the last 15 years. For Bridget, puppetry is a direct link from her handcraft to storytelling and performance. She was fortunate to work alongside Akiko Miyamoto, a Master Japanese puppeteer living in Whakatū Nelson, who inspired her to make simple Bunraku style puppets. Most of her puppetry to date is influenced by these rudimentary beginnings, with the addition of shadow puppetry, and the inclusion of scale shift (from very small to very big).
Training includes: Mask & Clown at the John Bolton Theatre School in Melbourne, Puppetry with Sandglass Puppet Theatre, USA and Puppet making with Judith Hope, UK.