Wellington Puppetry Festival 2024

Wellington Puppetry Festival 2024
27-29 September 2024
Vogelmorn Bowling Club, Te Whanganui-ā-Tara Wellington
Supported by the Wellington City Council, Venues Wellington, and Performing Arts and Young People Aotearoa (PAYPA)

A three day event of puppetry workshops, puppet theatre, and connecting over kai for puppeteers and other puppetry curious artists in Te Whanganui-ā-Tara Wellilngton. We welcome puppeteers and creative artists from across Aotearoa to attend!

✨ Gala Performances & Roaming Puppets ✨
Face Painting with Leda Farrow
Enid the Portrait Painter by String Bean Puppets
Giant Dragon by Tony Ferrier
Giant Teddy Bear by John Rew
Awhi by Ally Rogers
Paper Puppets by Amy Grace Laura
The Kiwi Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Gay Janssen
The Bell by Naranjarte Theatre Company
Lost Things by Rosie Mazur
There was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly by Rowena Macgill
The Golden Seed by Rosa Zarrudo
Finding Nemo by Sarah Bell
Party Pigs by Kenny King
Leatherback Turtle by Amy Grace Laura

✨ Workshops ✨
Puppetry as a Tool for Wellbeing by Ifat Vayner (Sat)
So you want to be a puppeteer? presented by Kenny King & Jacqui Coats (Sat)
Te ao Kare-tao Wānanga by Toro Pikopiko Puppets (Sat)
On Attending a Workshop with Janni Young, of the Handspring Puppet Company by Ana Lorite (Sun)
Playback Theatre with Object Puppets and Music by Fe Day (Sun)

✨ Feast of Puppets ✨
“For a Puppet to Live” a film by Amos Mann
Wishing Woman by Amy Grace Laura
Auguries of Innocence by Birdlife Productions
The Stone Cutter by Regan Taylor (Ngāti Kahungunu / Ngāti Pikiao)
Stephanie's Bicycle Powered Propaganda Puppet Parade by Steph Cairns
The Bear by String Bean Puppets

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Friday, 27 September 2024
Festival Launch in Vogelmorn Hall 5:30-8pm
Meet your Puppetry Community and learn about UNIMA Aotearoa New Zealand over a simple supper!
Raise a toast to Rose Beachamp and Peter Wilson.
✨ for Festival Pass ticket holders ✨

Saturday, 28 September 2024

The Puppetry Gala on Vogelmorn Green and Upstairs 10-1pm
A puppetry extravaganza for everyone with Puppet Theatre, Roaming Puppets, and Face Painting.
✨ for Festival Pass and Carnival ticket holders ✨

✨ 10am - 10:45am Roaming Puppets & Face Painting ✨
Face Painting with Leda Farrow
Enid the Portrait Painter by String Bean Puppets
Giant Dragon by Tony Ferrier
Giant Teddy Bear by John Rew
Awhi by Ally Rogers

✨ 10:45am - 1pm Puppetry Performances ✨
Paper Puppets by Amy Grace Laura
The Kiwi Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Gay Janssen
The Bell by Naranjarte Theatre Company
Lost Things by Rosie Mazur
There was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly by Rowena Macgill
The Golden Seed by Rosa Zarrudo

✨ 1pm - 1:45pm Roaming Puppets ✨
Finding Nemo by Sarah Bell
Party Pigs by Kenny King
Leatherback Turtle by Amy Grace Laura

Puppetry Workshops & Talks in Vogelmorn Hall
✨ for Festival Pass ticket holders ✨

Workshop #1 1-2pm
Puppetry as a Tool for Wellbeing with Ifat Vayner and Nona Morris

Workshop #2 2:30-3:30pm
So you want to be a puppeteer? with Kenny King and Jacqui Coats

Workshop #3 3:45-4:45pm
Te ao Kare-tao Wānanga with Toro Pikopiko Puppets

Feast of Puppets in Vogelmorn Hall 6:30-10pm
✨ for Festival Pass ticket holders ✨
A dining experience packed with puppetry!

Sunday, 29 September 2024
Puppetry Workshops & Talks in Vogelmorn Upstairs
✨ for Festival Pass ticket holders ✨

Workshop #4 10-11am
How to make a bespoke Backpack for Giant Puppets with Ally Rogers

Workshop #5 11:30-12:30pm
A talk about a workshop with Handspring Puppets with Ana Lorite (UNIMA President)

Workshop #6 1-2pm
Playback Theatre with Object Puppets and Music with Fe Day

Afternoon Tea in the Vogelmorn Upstairs 2-4pm
✨ for Festival Pass ticket holders ✨
A final opportunity to connect with the puppetry community and other artists over a cup of tea!