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Below are details of the event which took place during the 2006 Puppet Animation Festival
Weekend Downloads - click here to download notes from some of the seminars and workshops which took place during the 2006 Puppeteer's Weekend
Join us for a series of seminars, workshops and performances designed - we hope - to challenge and revitalise your creative and technical working practises!
9.30 Registration
10.00 Welcome & A Puppeteer's Life in 5
10.15 Seminar One: Marketing & Networking for Puppeteers
10.45 Q & A
11.00 Refreshments
11.15 A Puppeteer's Life in 5
11.20 Seminar Two: Puppetry, Therapy & Healthcare Opportunities
11.50 Q & A
12.05 Reflection, networking & chat
12.30 Buffet lunch
14.00 A Puppeteer's Life in 5
14.05 Workshop One: Puppeteer's & Their Voices - A Self Help Kit
15.15 Refreshments
15.30 A Puppeteer's Life in 5
15.35 Seminar Three: Touring & Collaboration in the UK
16.05 Q & A
16.20 Reflection, networking & chat
17.30 Launch of Puppet Animation Scotland document/Puppeteer's Meal
19.00 Performance One: The Shadow of the Firebird - Babbling Vagabonds
20.15 Social
10.15 Refreshments
10.30 A Puppeteer's Life in 5
10.35 Seminar Four: Puppetry in Education
11.05 Q & A
11.20 Refreshments
11.35 A Puppeteer's life in 5
11.40 Seminar Five: Puppetry, International Touring & Networking
12.10 Q & A
12.25 Reflection, Networking & Chat
13.00 Buffet lunch
14.00 A Puppeteer's Life in 5
14.35 Workshop Two: Puppeteer's & Their Bodies - A Self Help Kit
15.45 Refreshments
16.00 Reflection, networking & chat
16.30 Puppeteer's Meal
18.00 Performance Two: EH6 - Puppet Lab
19.30 Social
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Leader: Roz Lamont, Chief Executive, The Audience Business
A look at marketing and networking good practise and opportunities within the arts sector in Scotland, and how they can relate to puppeteers and the development of their profiles.
Leaders: Paul Murray, Arts & Mental Health Officer, Scottish Arts Council
Magdalena Schamberger, Chief Executive, Hearts & Minds
A look at the opportunities for puppeteers to develop useful creative links and partnerships with healthcare practitioners in Scotland. Quality and good practise.
Leaders: Dominic Hill, Artistic Director, Dundee Rep Theatre
Lalitha Rajan, Director, Ankur Productions
A look at how the Scottish puppetry sector can engage creatively, consistently and successfully with the wider arts and ethnic communities in Scotland. Quality and good practise.
Leaders: Anne Campbell, Cultural Co-Ordinator, Dumfries & Galloway Council
Maggie Singleton, Arts Development Officer, Children & Young People Glasgow City Council
A look at the various elements of the education sector in Scotland. What do teachers look for from visiting arts professionals? How can puppeteer’s work relate successfully to 5:14 Expressive Arts, the school environment and the wider educational sector. Quality and good practise.
Leaders: Tony Reekie, Director, Imaginate
Shona Reppe, Director, Shona Reppe Puppets
A look at the international touring circuit for work for children and young people. How to engage with it. What international festivals are looking for. Contacts, quality and good practise. The organisation and completion of a successful international tour.
A selection of participating puppeteers will be invited to present – in 5 minutes – how and why they began working in the sector, the influences on their work, and their hopes and aspirations for the future.
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Leader: Marion Scott, Associate Director, Drama Department, Queen Margaret University College
A practical look at the human voice and the stresses placed upon it by performance Good voice use and a series of self help warm ups, diagnostic tips and exercises to prepare and strengthen the voice for successful projection and vocal characterisation when on stage.
Leader: TBC
A practical look at the human body and the stresses placed upon it by performance
Good use of the body and a series of self help warm ups, diagnostic tips and exercises
to prepare and strengthen the body for successful physical characterisation when on
stage.
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For Ivan, being the youngest son of the Russian Tsar wasn’t always fair. Bullied by his brother, belittled by his dad, he was always having a rough ride. Until one moonlit night and unusual visitor flew into the royal garden. Glowing, golden and glorious – a Phoenix! A Bird of Flames! “Whoever catches that bird shall have my crown” roared the Tsar. A challenge set, a perilous journey to be undertaken, but can Ivan succeed? A beautiful and sophisticated piece of shadow theatre.
An adult puppetry drama that explores the lives of six tenement flats in Leith. This production - using a wide range of puppetry styles and techniques from ground floor to attic - has been created in collaboration with Dominic Hill, Artistic Director, Dundee Rep and the writer John Harvey. EH6 promises to be an original work breaking new ground for Scottish puppetry, smashing stereotypes and jumping out of the box!
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