Open No 33 Part B March - Dream Puppets

Canberra Youth Theatre ventures into puppetry also, and their The Moth Tree and TANK
directed by Pip Buining, both made use of a variety of puppets.
Left : The Dragon Puppet in The Moth Tree (HT)
Right: The rat from TANK (HT)
PuppetOOdle is a new company set up by Marianne Mettes with her brother Jonathan. Since doing Gary
Friedman's Puppetry for Film and TV workshop a few years ago, Marianne has been developing her skills
as a puppet maker, and has dived into making and performing her own puppet workshops and shows.
She's also a musician and singer. She is presently developing an independent web series, Baz 'n'Snags,
about ‘a bloke and his loveable sausage dog’, and preparing for another gig at the National Museum of
Australia. Their previous one, Marco Polo, for the museum's very successful Travelling the Silk Road
exhibition festival last year was very successful.
PuppetOOdle presenting
Marco Polo at the NMA, with
video coverage playing
above.