Puppet Building Workshop

Does your child love to be creative? Join Bridges this school holidays as we present Puppet Building, facilitated by film maker David Quarrell (concept creator of Aussie Snake Wranglers), puppet master Warren Duxbury (builder of Agro and prop designer on Star Wars), comedian and stage performer Jacob Trelor and, artist Kate Neal from Kate Victoria Creative (Trade Mutt print designer).

This workshop combines storytelling with puppetry to help participants explore the importance of establishing and sustaining relationships. By using puppets initially to act out fables or well-known stories, participants will develop an understanding of narrative structure, character development, and societal roles in a fun and educational manner. The end performance will be filmed in front of a screen that will have a background that participants will design on an iPad using the software pro-create.

Children will:

• Develop a story and characters

• Design and build a puppet

• Design and illustrate a background

• Learn puppet techniques

• Perform a puppet show

Goals:

• Explore how characters/people build relationships.

• How they fit into society.

• Understand the moral lessons and their relevance to social dynamics.

• Create puppets to bring characters to life and demonstrate these lessons.

Details:

2-day Workshop Duration: 2 x 6 hours including snack/lunch breaks

Workshop 1: 7th (9am to 3pm) & 8th July (9am to 3pm)

Workshop 2: 9th (9am to 3pm) & 10th July (9am to 3pm)

Cost: Free

Participants: suitable for 8 to 16yr olds

Workshops are limited to 10 participants.

What to bring: Lunch, snacks and water bottle (this workshop is not catered).

These workshops are facilitated by 4 qualified facilitators, so parents, guardians and carers are asked to sign in children as they drop off and sign out on pickup.

For more information, please contact Bridges on 1300 707 655 or email communications@bas.org.au

This workshop program presented by Bridges Health & Community Care, is funded by the Department of Social Services - Family Mental Health Support Services.