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O.P.E.N. Oz Puppetry Email Newsletter - Dream Puppets
O.P.E.N. Oz Puppetry Email Newsletter - Dream Puppets
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News of Puppeteers, Companies, Forthcoming Projects 2010<br />
Al Martinez is running prop-making classes at various times throughout the year at his studios in Kensington,<br />
Melbourne . He’s also started a membership for Al Martinez Studios that entitles members to a<br />
discount to a studio hire fee, consultation fee and course fee. He will be setting up more short courses in<br />
metalwork and wood working . More details in next newsletter. Contact Al Martinez<br />
<br />
Dream Puppets (Richard Hart and Julia Davis) will be travelling to Korea to perform ‘Dreamer in the Deep’ at the<br />
Samducdong and the Mumurism <strong>Puppetry</strong> and Mime Festivals in late April/Early May.<br />
Rachael Guy (Melbourne) will be performing her new version of ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff ‘in Thailand as part of<br />
an English Language program in March.<br />
Jacob Boehme will be be heading to India in March to undertake an Asialink residency for 3 months<br />
working with Ishara Puppet Theatre on a range of projects. These include a Unesco funded initiative<br />
to work with street kids in Delhi creating puppetry shows about HIV awareness, linking up with one of<br />
India's last traditional shadow puppeteers. He will be taking Kathakali dance classes, part time. On<br />
his return he will begin a residency with Gasworks to develop his own Indigenous Dance and Visual Theatre<br />
Company 'Idja'...and will be working in strong partnership with Gasworks during 2010-11.<br />
Beth McMahan and Michael Bevitt (Melbourne) taught a 2<br />
week puppetry summer school in Canberra during January<br />
and have busy year ahead of them.<br />
Late last year Kay Yasugi (Sydney) ran a Puppet workshop for<br />
the Teachers' Literacy Conference (Sydney, NSW)<br />
The workshop, "Creating a Dynamic Literacy Classroom with<br />
<strong>Puppetry</strong>" was part of the "Future Directions in Literacy<br />
Conference" hosted by Sydney University's Division of<br />
Professional Learning in the Faculty of Education and Social<br />
Work.<br />
Kay’s company, Pupperoos ,is a Sydney-based puppet<br />
business that is passionate about combining puppetry with<br />
education. For more information, please visit the Pupperoos<br />
website at http://www.pupperoos.com<br />
(Pupperoos’ Chee Chee at Sydney University)<br />
Terrapin(Tasmania), Spare Parts (W.A.), Polyglot (Victoria) and Arena Children’s Theatre recently<br />
performed at the Pittsburgh Children’s Festival in Philadelphia.<br />
(Editors’ note: Let us know your news! )