Umbrella Theatre is delighted to announce that we are back with another weird and wacky season of puppetry for the Rocks Village Bizarre. Every Friday night in November and December we will be performing FREE freaky theatre in the historic wonderland that is the Rocks. The street come alive with music, revelers, carnies and queer folk for two whole months! …
Umbrella’s Page Two Girls
Umbrella Theatre has featured in Mx once again today. The lovely Sam & Natalia graced page two, accompanied by their chaperone Old Mate. Promoting the upcoming season of Jurassic Lounge at the Australian Museum, they look fabulous posing in front of a skeletal horse!
Museum of Our Futures Past
Don’t miss this exciting exhibition from our lovely friends at Erth – the Museum of our Futures Past. This time they are collaborating with the Central Coast based arts organisation, Art Central. The work fuses museum style antiquities and fine artworks created by 21 artists from the Central Coast. And all around the amazing theme of dugongs! How cool is …
Ms Peggy Taylor
You’ve probably heard of Ms Peggy Taylor, seen her films, heard her platinum records and maybe even watched some of her naughty internet videos. At the beginning of July we were treated to her Australian debut at the Spice Cellar in Martin Place. Though she’s been around the block a couple of times, she possesses a certain timeless charm and …
Umbrella Theatre’s Wack New Showreel
At long last, I am proud to reveal Umbrella Theatre’s exciting new showreel! The fabulous, traveling, pop – up spectacular puppet extravaganza comes to life! [vimeo http://vimeo.com/70933319] It features all of our most disturbing puppet shows. in order of appearance you will meet; The poor soul, in a bit of a pickle in the ‘choose your own adventure’ style show …
Old Mate spins tall stories at Winter Magic Festival
Despite the cold, Old Mate had a great time sharing his stories with the young fellas at Winter Magic Festival in Katoomba this year! The local children were fascinated and delighted by the dubious old man, who had the Mums and Dads chuckling as much as the kids. As usual, Katoomba Street saw thousands of people amble by, admiring …
La Femme Boheme at the Spice Cellar
Burlesque puppetry is finally here! The talented puppeteers Aesha Henderson & Lucy Edmonds are soon to unveil their latest creation – the fabulous Ms Peggy Taylor. Ms Peggy Taylor will seduce you with her 60s film star sensuality and her infectious humor. She’s a fabulous starlet whose seen far too much glitter, fake smiles and bad romance, you will be …
Umbrella Theatre Photo Shoot
The colourful ladies from Umbrella Theatre got all gussied up last sweaty, humid Sunday. Skeletal figures, an underwater goddess, a curious doll and of course puppets all made an appearance in that picturesque Redfern alley way. A special thanks to Victor Muruet who was our wonderful photographer for the day. The full collection will be released later, but here is …
Body Poet at the Melbourne Comedy Festival
My dear friend Sabrina is the Body Poet. She also specialises in post-socialist, eco-feminist interpretive dance. She’s a much sought after puppeteer in the USA, and prolific in Australia too. Through puppetry, physical theatre and comedy she will surprise and confuse. She’s funny. Haha. Its not just me that thinks so! “Horrifically funny, with an emphasis on horror.” Time Out Melbourne …
Pine St Press & Jurassic Fun!
A few little morsels of puppety goodness for you. First of all, a nice little write up appeared in Mx Magazine about tomorrow’s gig at Pine Street Creative Arts Centre. Come along and start your Friday night the interesting way! Its a stone’s throw away from such fine establishments as the Rose Hotel and Freda’s. Friday 5 April 2013 6.30-9.30pm …