Today's experiment doesn't really look like much yet. I'm still playing around with ways to attach joints to puppets and make them move smoothly, but now I'm focused on three dimensional puppets instead of the flat shadow puppets from yesterday. I struggle with posting on days like this because sometimes experiments kinda look like nothing-even when they're very helpful

My first day of experimenting with puppet building focused on creating hand made hinges for shadow puppets. Getting the limbs of shadow puppets to move freely, but also stay together and controlled during a show can be an issue. I've had many discussions with other puppeteers at various workshops about solutions to this problem. The most common one I've

At the end of 2020, Arlene Thomas, Artistic Director of Puppets & Shadows Theatre, was one of 35 artists from the Region of Waterloo to receive a KW Microgrant through @patthedogpdc . She used the grant to spend a week doing an in depth exploration of puppet building techniques. She also documented her experiments on Facebook and Instagram, but we

On December 28th, Puppets & Shadows Theatre be streaming live from THEMUSEUM in downtown Kitchener! We'll be performing our show THE CIRCLE OF ANIMALS   When: December 28, 2021 @ 11:00 A.M. Place: Live Streaming from THEMUSEUMS YouTube Channel Age: Family Show   On one winter's night every year the animals can talk

We are so honoured to be part of this online event. If you watch the promo trailer, you can even see our puppets in it for a second towards the end, which, you know, we're also excited about!   Love In the Time of COVID   https://youtu.be/oKuAcuRZ6Fc   "Love in the Time of COVID is a virtual exhibition featuring creative submissions from more than