Dave Jones recently wrote in to share his amazing outdoor performance piece Highly Strung, which combined large scale puppetry and animated projections....
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About The Author
I’m an independent filmmaker and puppeteer in Toronto, Canada who blogs about puppetry and film.
Today is the first day of the Chinese New Year and the beginning of the Chinese Spring Festival. Lion and Dragon dances featuring giant puppets are a staple of the festivities in Chinese communities around the world, but to celebrate the Year of the Water Dragon children in Bangkok were recently treated to a special,...
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The video for Magma, a single by Roz Raskin and the Rice Cakes features people fleeing from and fighting a giant monster puppet created by Brett Sylvia and Kyle...
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Apologies for a lack of recent updates; as so often is the case, life and work conspired to keep me preoccupied last week, but here's a look at what was happening while I wasn't...
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Here's a look behind the scenes of X•tink•shun: A Wild Puppet X•perience, a brand-new attraction at the Philadelphia Zoo featuring a cast of puppets made by the Jim Henson...
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This is pretty impressive, even if it does play on a stereotype or two...a giant drunk puppet that roams from pub to pub in Ireland. One of the best pieces of performance art I've seen in...
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Rock Giant is a short film from filmmaker/puppeteer Chris Heady that features a 10'0 tall puppet (the titular rock...
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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...
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This is a new ad for Mayflower, a moving and storage company in the United States. While I do really like this ad conceptually, it might seem very familiar to you...and that's because it...
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Another day, another monster-themed video! Furry Puppet Studio has been building large "monsterized" appliances for some upcoming...
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Some unconventional street theatre is being created with a giant animatronic spider in the UK. Take a look at CNN’s report of the incredible 50 ft spider that’s currently on the loose in England. Don’t worry, there hasn’t been an invasion of giant radioactive insects (yet) it’s just an elaborate piece of free street theatre...
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Puppeteer Lexy Fridell poses with Dory, her puppet alter ego in Finding Nemo: The Musical at Disney World. If you like puppetry – and once again I ask, what are you doing reading this blog if you don’t? – you have got to drop what you’re doing and watch this terrific video about the Finding...
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