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PUPPETRY NEWS BLOG: Bust the Budget Protest in Australia
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Bust the Budget Protest in Australia. Took to the streets in all the captial cities of Australia yesterday for a 'Bust the Budget'. Protest against the Prime Minister's new clamp down on the Australian economy. 'Tony Abbott is making life harder for people,' one of the protesters said. 'He's making life a misery for people who are unemployed and searching for work.'. And performed by local puppeteer Matt Armstrong. More information on this will follow shortly, so stay tuned to our website here! Primary S...
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PUPPETRY NEWS BLOG: Looking back on 'World Puppetry Day' 2015
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Looking back on 'World Puppetry Day' 2015. Czech theatre director and professor, Josef Krofta. This years 'World Puppetry Day'. Fell on Saturday 21 March. It was a day of mixed emotions, as we had just lost one of our world's true puppet legacies, Josef Krofta. And heard the news, last week, of a devastating fire at the Battersea Arts Centre. Home to the 'British Puppet Centre'. Krofta was probably best known for his years of innovative work as artistic director of the Drak Theatre. By Russian playwright...
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PUPPETRY NEWS BLOG: Ancient art of Bunraku gets a revamp
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Ancient art of Bunraku gets a revamp. Bunraku Theatre in Osaka, Japan (Photo: Britannica). The ancient Japanese art of Bunraku puppet theatre, 'Ningyō Jōruri',. Began in Osaka more than three hundred years ago. Bunraku's history goes as far back to the turn of the 18th century when Uemura Bunrakuken came to Osaka from Awaji and began his own theatre. Did you ever think you would see traditional Bunraku theatre perform at the 2016 Olympics in Rio De Janeiro? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Ronnie Burk...
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PUPPETRY NEWS BLOG: New Website launched on 'World Puppetry Day'
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New Website launched on 'World Puppetry Day'. Puppet creator for Les Guignols de L'info, Alain Duverne, in his Paris studio. After a really busy year, I am pleased to announce the launch of our new website, www.garyfriedmanproductions.com. For 'World Puppetry Day'. This new site incorporates our previous site 'Puppetry News' and the Puppetry News Blog, which has been out of action for a while, but will finally get moving again with current news, events and interviews. Good Morning from Central MS, I rece...
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PUPPETRY NEWS BLOG: The Right to Freedom of Expression
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The Right to Freedom of Expression. In the light of the atrocities having taken place at the offices of political cartoon Charlie Hebdo in Paris yesterday, it immediately brought to mind the words of former-producer of the most popular French weekly television series on Canal Plus ‘Les Guignols de L’info’. Bruno Gaccio, whom I interviewed recently in his Paris office:. Negotiate what, sir,I replied? Well, your freedom! You cannot do everything you want, finally! So we will stop doing our work. That's...
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PUPPETRY NEWS BLOG: Off to meet Roger Law...
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Off to meet Roger Law. In an interview at the AGI Open last year, Roger Law spoke about his satirical British television show "Spitting Image". And his visit to ZA News studios in Cape Town. Roger Law is an artist, caricaturist and one half of Luck and Flaw, with Peter Fluck, creators of the satirical television puppet series in the eighties and nineties, Spitting Image. Which recently I visited at the launch of our recent documentary film shoot in January. Shall feature some controversial and powerful p...
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PUPPETRY NEWS BLOG: Copenhagen Festival of Puppetry and Politics
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Copenhagen Festival of Puppetry and Politics. After the recent social-media hype, the Copenhagen 'Puppetry in Politics Festival'. Finaly opens tomorrow. The festival headlines with 'Outpost'. A new production by the renowned British company Green Ginger. Which takes a subtle glance at politics, power, manipulation and evil. Besides some great live theatre productions, there is also a symposium. There is also a Film Festival. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Search Gary Friedman Productions. Papers Got...
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PUPPETRY NEWS BLOG: The Puppet Centre, London, then and now..
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The Puppet Centre, London, then and now. For those who follow 'Puppetry News'. You would have read about the terrible fire recently, that almost destroyed the home to Puppetry in the UK for so many years. Well the fascinating history of the Puppet Centre. Has been documented by founder of the British Puppet Centre, Penny Francis. So the stories and memories are plentiful, for those interested in the more recent history of British puppetry and the role the Puppet Centre has played. View my complete profile.
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PUPPETRY NEWS BLOG: It's all starting up again next week, or is it?
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It's all starting up again next week, or is it? Newzoids' finally set to launch in the UK in a week. Are you old enough to remember the popular UK TV's political puppetry series, 'Spitting Image'. The famous political puppet series ran from 1984 to 1996 and was created by the two cartoonist masterminds, Peter Fluck and Roger Law. When I interviewed Roger Law in London last year, ( for my latest documentary film - see below. Newzoid begins on ITV on Wednesday 15th April at 9pm. Which discusses the puppet ...
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PUPPETRY NEWS BLOG: Weekend Storytelling & Paper Workshop in Melbourne
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Weekend Storytelling and Paper Workshop in Melbourne. We are excited to announce a brand new ‘Weekend Storytelling and Paper Workshop’ in Melbourne. From 1 - 3 August 2014 - A weekend of pure play, inspiration and creativity! The workshop, for teenagers and adults, is being run by master-puppeteer and facilitator, Gary Friedman and will focus on the art of storytelling, using the medium of paper, movement and sound. To view examples of this workshop, click here. Bookings and more information, click here!
