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22 Feb 2012 Legendary shadow puppeteer Richard Bradshaw in his home theatre (photo credit: ABC Australia)

From Australia's ABC Network comes a brief, but great profile of Richard Bradshaw, one of the funniest and most talented shadow puppeteers in the...

08 Feb 2012 Highly Strung in Australia

Dave Jones recently wrote in to share his amazing outdoor performance piece Highly Strung, which combined large scale puppetry and animated projections....

10 Feb 2011 Greg McKee’s Wild Things

I was doing some animatronics research the other day and I came across the YouTube channel of veteran FX artist Greg McKee, who has lots of great videos posted on YouTube....

06 Jan 2011 I’ll Forget You

Last week I posted the demo reel of Australian shadow puppeteer Stephen Mushin. This is the music video for Lior's I'll Forget You. which was featured in Stephen's...

09 Nov 2010 Me and My Monsters

Me and My Monsters is a new live action series about a family who relocates from Australia to the UK only to discover there are monsters living in their basement....

24 Jul 2010 More Giant Marionettes

Just following up on my recent post about the giant Mayflower marionette commercial, above is the Australian TV spot that I referred to that also features a giant marionette. If, as they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery then Royal DeLuxe should feel extremely flattered. Giant marionettes like theirs have been turning up...

29 Apr 2009 Corporate Creatures

Con Quest is the host of the weekly Corporate Creatures Business News podcast. Corporate Creatures is a new initiative from puppeteer Gary Friedman. I talked with Gary about this project about a year ago and it’s really exciting to see it coming to life. Through Corporate Creatures Gary is providing live interactive corporate workshops, corporate...

01 Mar 2009 The Monster’s Birthday Party

Dracula greets guests to The Monster’s Birthday Party. The Monster’s Birthday Party is a short film by Phillip Einfeld that’s in the same vein as Spook House Dave and Transylvania TV (me thinks me does detect a trend here). The puppetry in it is sometimes a little stiff, but the level of detail and work...

23 Feb 2008 TV Puppetry Workshop in Sydney

Puppeteer Gary Friedman teaches TV puppetry workshops this spring in Sydney, Australia. Gary Friedman is once again teaching workshops in film & TV style puppetry in Sydney, Australia. The course runs from mid-April to early June 2008 and is “suitable for film makers, puppeteers, performers, and others interested in learning about how puppetry is made...

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