A Short History of Niagara
Category: Gina's puppet blog
Niagara’s Shaw Festival returns this year, bringing with it the puppet show “A Short History of Niagara.” The show is created and performed by Mike Petersen and Alexandra Montagnese and directed by Tim Carroll. It runs through August 15. The play hits all the highlights of the history of the region, while being nonverbal. In spite of not speaking, the puppeteers cover the Maid of the Mist, going over the falls in a barrel and
“Little Amal,” a 12-foot puppet, began her nearly 5000-mile journey as part of her theatrical project called “The Walk.” Amal, whose name means “hope” in Arabic, was made by Handspring Puppet Company, the company behind “War Horse.” The puppet is crossing 8 countries to highlight the plight of refugees and especially refugee children She started in Turkey and will finish her journey in England. She requires four puppeteers to manipulate, one for each arm, one
The Jim Henson Company is developing a new puppet series with Kwame Alexander and Common. The new series, Jelly Bean Dream Machine, is geared towards kids ages 4-8 and focuses on a family and their poetry adventures. The show will teach different genres of poetry and will feature music by Common. Poetry, music, and puppets: They go great together!
Rincón de la Victoria, in Spain, announced it is holding its festival of puppets and family theatre this upcoming week. This year the festival will last one day longer than in the past. Every night shows start at 10. Show admission is free. Tickets can be obtained at reservascultura@rincondelavictoria.es.
Human Pictograms
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The highlight of the Olympics opening ceremonies today was the “kinetic pictograms.” A group of three performers re-created the pictograms that indicate each Olympic event. The segment was reminiscent of the Japanese TV show “Kasou Taishou,” where teams of performers perform skits, lately involving “cinematic special effects.” During and afterwards, Twitter was abuzz with reaction to the pictograph segment. Although challenging, these are pictograms you and your friends could perform at home.