Sunday

October 17, 2010

1:30-4:30pm

Day of Puppetry

OPA's celebration of The International Day of Puppetry

October 2010 will mark OPA's celebration of the International Day of Puppetry.  Normally held anytime between April and July, the DOP is celebrated in many countries around the world. This year to be different and because of a lot of member conflicts, we have decided to hold our DOP in October. After-all, it's the thought that counts, isn't it.

This year the OPA will mark the DOP at the Lillian Smith Library in Toronto. There will be t two workshops, and two shows all starting at 1:30pm.

If you are a member of OPA details will arrive in your In-box soon.

If you are not yet a member come on down the Lillian Smith Library
and see what all the fuss is about!

Sunday

Feb 22 2009

10:00-4:00pm

Workshop Announcement

Creating Puppets out of Everyday Materials and Using Them in Improvisational Stories

Open Door Designs presents a puppetry workshop by the Bricoteer Puppetry Project (James Ashby and Grey Muldoon). This storytelling workshop will allow participants to transform ordinary items such as newspaper, tape, and gift wrap into puppets in an exploration of the potential for imagination to transform and reshape the everyday world. James and Grey of the Bricoteer Puppetry Project will lead participants in a collaboration that will result in the performance of short sketches.

Puppet artists often use newspaper to create maquettes of puppets while developing new work. Maquettes act as working models, allowing artists to express, demonstrate, or test their concepts. They can also be enjoyable as an end in themselves and as a source of further inspiration. Because of this, the Bricoteer workshop should appeal to teachers as well as artists. All participants will develop skills in performance, design, narrative development, and the communication of ideas visually and intuitively. The unique capacities of puppetry, as compared to the theatre of human actors, will also be explored.

For more information, contact Open Door Designs:
1597 Dupont Street, Toronto, ON
info@opendoordesigns.ca
(416) 531-1290

Sunday
Nov 16 2008
1:30 - 3:30pm

NOTICE

Annual General Meeting

2008

1.30-3.30pm

Armour Heights Community Centre

Avenue Road at Hwy 401

Directions

Members and non-members are invited to the Annual General Meeting to be held at the Armour Heights Community Centre.  A meet and greet at 1.30pm followed by a business meeting.  After the meeting there will be a performance by an OPA member.

Refreshments will be served. Renewal of memberships will be accepted at the meeting prior to voting procedures.

If you have any questions please email or call Phil Arnold 519-667-9044

See you there.

For a fabulous lineup of summer workshops from the

Toronto School of Puppetry see the Spring 2008 edition of the OPAL (The Ontario Puppetry Association Newsletter). 

Aug 4-29

2008

Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia’s Institute of Puppetry Arts...

announces the third annual workshop program called ANIMOTION III from August 4th – 29th, 2008. The four-week intensive instruction program for performers who wish to learn or upgrade specialized skills offers the opportunity to train with Atlantic Canada’s most celebrated puppet theatre.

The program is called ANIMOTION to reflect dual emphasis on animation and the body in motion. A limited number of participants will be selected. Eight-hour sessions will be held daily from Monday through Friday, with students engaged in classroom instruction, group creation, and production duties. Participants will be exposed to a range of puppetry styles, broadening their frame of reference and allowing a common language and set of skills to emerge. The training will culminate with the presentation of scenes and vignettes, featuring new puppets and characters generated over the four weeks.

Training will take place at Mermaid Theatre’s spacious headquarters in Windsor, NS. Participants will work alongside Mermaid’s creative team as they develop, build and rehearse the inventive brand of theatre which has delighted more than three million spectators on four continents.

More information about ANIMOTION III can be found online at:

http://www.mermaidtheatre.ns.ca/puppetry/ANIMOTION.pdf

or email:

jessemaclean@mermaidtheatre.ns.ca