Jurassic Lounge Becomes Extinct!

Duckie Blog, Performance Art & Installations, Puppetry

              Yeoow! With great sadness, and yet also with great zest, we will be fare-welling Jurassic Lounge TONIGHT. After several fabulous years performing as freaks amongst the dinosaur bones at this iconic event, extinction has caught up with us. We are honoured to be performing our puppet parable ‘Save Me’ at the LAST EVER …

Old Mate spins tall stories at Winter Magic Festival

Duckie Blog, Puppetry

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 …

Old Mate takes on Peats Ridge Festival

Duckie Blog, Puppetry

Happy New Year! And what a New Year celebration it was! The beautiful Natalia and I took Old Mate on an Umbrella Theatre outing to Peats Ridge Festival for some fun and frivolity roving the site on the Saturday and Sunday. We even got a (somewhat nonfactual) mention in Time Out magazine in the lead up! The sun was beating …

Umbrella Theatre Does Crack Theatre Festival

Duckie Puppetry

Crack Theatre Festival is part of the experimental arts program, This Is Not Art (TINA) held in Newcastle over  the October long weekend every year. I’ve always loved this festival for its stimulating mix of performance, installations, workshops, readings and panel discussions. The Crack component is led by Artistic Directors (and artists in their own rights) Jane Grimley & Gareth …