puppetry australia

Puppetry Australia is a place where many elements of the puppet world have been drawn together. Easy to use, this is a valuable resource for
anyone that has an interest in puppetry or puppets in Australia.

Here it is possible to find links to many areas connected to the Australian puppetry community.

Puppet companies, puppeteers, theatre, writers, education, workshop facilitators, agents, builders, puppets for sale, books, and much more. This
website aims to bring them together in the one place to make them easy to find. If you would like to add your details then please contact Puppetry
Australia

is an international organisation bringing
together people from around the world to
contribute to the development of the art of
puppetry, and to use it in the pursuit of human
values such as peace and mutual
understanding between peoples. The
Australian Unima Centre was founded in 1970.
UNIMA Australia is the only puppetry
organisation to represent all puppeteers in
Australia.

Wether you are interested in glove puppets,
finger puppets, shadows, film or television,
animatronics, parades, construction,
manipulation, puppet theatre in schools, pre-
schools, church, selling, buying, or collecting.
You can find links to them here.

Polyglot Puppet Theatre

has an exciting new creative development program
for puppetry and visual theatre artists, entitled
"TAP".

TAP is a residency program designed to facilitate
the development of new work and in 2008, two
independent companies or groups of artists will be
supported through the provision of a $3000
production budget, two weeks of venue hire,
professional documentation and critical evaluation,
and advice and assistance from Polyglot's staff.

Polyglot Puppet Theatre is one of Australia's major
puppetry theatre companies, creating
groundbreaking original theatre and fun interactive
events for children and families, working with kids at
the core of the creative process, and presenting
puppetry in its many forms to an ever-growing
audience. Polyglot is energetic, explorative and
diverse, offering a wide-ranging program of events
that are affordable and accessible. Polyglot's focus
is on creating rich shared experiences for adults
and children and working with professional artists to
produce events that feed the imaginative lives of
young people.

Applications for TAP are now being accepted, and
are due by 5pm on Thursday 10 April 2008. For
further information and to submit an expression of
interest visit www.polyglotpuppets.com.au