Museum of Our Futures Past

Duckie Art & Event Reviews, Blog, Inspire Me, Puppetry

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 …

Sam in New York

Duckie Blog, Puppetry

Umbrella Theatre’s own Sam Hickey is currently in New York with a Broadway show! What a glamorous babe she is. Here she is, captured on film, terrifying Americans in Times Square. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxU3corHoco&feature=youtu.be] Erth’s Petting Zoo is a ridiculously fun introduction to dinosaurs and the prehistoric. The whole show was home grown here in Sydney. The puppets are exquisite and so …

Murder in Sydney Festival

Duckie Blog, Puppetry

Sydney Festival have just released this thought provoking and intriguing vivisection of Murder. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4phyoRIDzs] I enjoyed every moment – a highly recommended insight into puppetry, death and the human condition. The creative team are incredibly talent and the whole production has been brought together masterfully. Having watched this project grow from its inception as a 5 minute development in 2008, …

Murder and Puppets in Sydney Festival

Duckie Blog, Puppetry

Murder. Its an evocative concept, and not for the faint hearted. A moving and visually stunning exploration, inspired by Nick Cave’s legendary Murder Ballads album, Murder is the hottest show of Sydney Festival 2013. Way back in 2008, I was involved in the very first creative development of Murder, at Carriageworks for Underbelly Festival. We then performed a remount at …