Toronto School of Puppetry

01/20/2024

📢 Coming up on February 4 and 11 - LOW TECH VIDEO & SHADOW – a two-session workshop with Tim Gosley in association with Theatre Inconnu!

Tim Gosley is an incredibly accomplished puppeteer, primarily known for his work on numerous Muppets productions and Fraggle Rock! In the first of these two sessions, Tim demonstrates numerous simple and inexpensive techniques to create engaging live video and LED shadow imagery with your cell phone and other easily accessible equipment. Over the week between the sessions, you create an exploration that you present for the other participants, either live or pre-recorded, in the second session.

🗓️ February 4th and 11th, from 1-2:30 EST
📍 In person in BC - enrollment $200
💻 Or online - enrollment $100

👉 Register to join us at https://www.torontoschoolofpuppetry.com/school-of-puppetry-classes-2024/

05/11/2023

Please share! 😃 This Sunday at the Toronto School of Puppetry, learn the art of the solo puppet show! 😃😃😃 Register here: http://www.torontoschoolofpuppetry.com/009-the-art-of-the-solo-puppet-show/

04/24/2023

💻 This Saturday, April 29, 1pm-3pm ET - join us for ONLINE Toronto School of Puppetry workshop on Low-Tech Shadow & Video Performance with Gemini Award-winning puppeteer Tim Gosley!

After a demo of live projections with video & shadows you will create a shadow performance with your cell phone light and share it with us on the Zoom. You will need to do some preparatory work from instructions provided to you well in advance of the workshop.

✏️ Register/more info at http://www.torontoschoolofpuppetry.com/low-tech-shadow-video-performance-2023/

03/20/2023

📢 Toronto School of Puppetry is hosting 2 workshops this weekend!

🗓️ Saturday, March 25 - ONLINE! Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre teach Puppet Playwriting - 1pm-2:30pm ET

🗓️ Sunday, March 26 - in person at the Puppetmongers studio: Mike Petersen teaches Puppet Beyond Words - 10am-5pm

✏️ Info/register at https://www.torontoschoolofpuppetry.com/school-of-puppetry-classes-2023/

02/22/2023

This Sunday, February 26 from 2pm-6pm at the Puppetmongers studio, join us for a Toronto School of Puppetry workshop on Signs of Life with Clunk Puppet Lab's Shawna Reiter!

An introductory workshop for actors who are curious about puppetry performance. Using simple materials students will create puppets and learn how to bring them to life.

👉 Register at https://www.torontoschoolofpuppetry.com/003-signs-of-life-2023/

02/04/2023

💥 Toronto School of Puppetry workshops for adults this month - in person at the Puppetmongers studio!

Feb 12 & 19 - Beyond Basics Marionettes - with Ann Powell & David Powell

Feb 26 - Signs of Life - with Shawna Reiter

👉 More info / register at https://www.torontoschoolofpuppetry.com/school-of-puppetry-classes-2023/

10/26/2022

💥OAC Recommender Grants for Theatre Creators are due TOMORROW! 💥

🗓Ontario Arts Council - Conseil des arts de l'Ontario Recommender Grants for Theatre Creator submissions are due OCTOBER 27!

Our priorities and areas of interest are:
💥The development of theatrical work with puppetry
💥The integration of puppetry into theatre productions
💥The creation of new forms of puppetry and new theatrical uses of puppetry
💥The nurturing of new generation and culturally diverse artists

More info here: https://puppetmongers.com/oac-recommender-grants-2022/

06/10/2022

✨Trusting Your Intuition - For Actors - with Zach Fraser (Infinitheatre Montréal AD)

Workshop recording available for rent now! https://bit.ly/3zyS4OC

06/08/2022

✨Coming up NEXT WEEK! ✨

Online Puppetry Intensive - June 13-17
Two daily sessions: 10:30am-12pm ET & 1.30pm-3pm

A condensed package of virtual workshops for actors, directors, designers, puppeteers, teachers, and writers who wish to integrate into their creations!

👉 Info/register: https://bit.ly/3Q93sGQ

05/07/2022

👉 Our final live Toronto School of Puppetry online workshop of the season is TRUSTING YOUR INTUITION - PUPPETRY FOR ACTORS!

May 14 & 21 - 1pm-2:30pm ET
Hosted by Zach Fraser, Artistic Director of Infinitheatre Montréal (Crow's Theatre, Shakespeare in the Ruff)

✨ Details/register at https://bit.ly/3Fsws7n

04/25/2022

for Fresh Ideas in Puppetry Day 2022

Fresh Ideas in Puppetry Day 2022 returns online this year on June 5!

💥 We are accepting submissions until SATURDAY, APRIL 30! 💥

We are looking for:
*Presentations
*Ideas for Discussion
*Workshops
*Short Performances or Videos

Contact us if you have an idea or wish to propose something you are working on or have freshly accomplished!
[email protected]

is officially accredited by UNIMA Internationale.
📷 : Newfoundland's Tara Manuel, Shadowy Souls