Wellington Puppetry Festival 2024
Schedule
Fri Sep 27 2024 at 06:00 pm to Sun Sep 29 2024 at 12:00 pm
Location
Wellington, New Zealand | Wellington, WG
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Wellington Puppet Festival 202427-29 September 2024
Te Whanganui-ā-Tara Wellilngton
Supported by the Wellington City Council and Venues Wellington
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The 2024 Wellington Puppet Festival is especially for puppeteers and other puppetry curious artists!
If you're not a puppeteer or artist but want to see puppet theatre take attend our Puppetry Gala event – this is our special festival event for the general public.
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A three day event of puppetry workshops, puppet theatre, and connecting over kai for puppeteers and other puppetry curious artists in Te Whanganui-ā-Tara Wellilngton. We welcome puppeteers from across Aotearoa!
Friday, 27 September 2024
Festival Launch in Vogelmorn Hall 5:30-8pm
Meet your Puppetry Community and learn about UNIMA Aotearoa New Zealand over a simple supper!
Raise a toast to Rose Beachamp and Peter Wilson.
✨ for Festival Pass ticket holders ✨
Saturday, 28 September 2024
The Puppetry Gala on Vogelmorn Green and Upstairs 10-1pm
A puppetry extravaganza for everyone with Puppet Theatre, Roaming Puppets, and Face Painting.
✨ for Festival Pass and Carnival ticket holders ✨
✨ 10am - 10:45am Roaming Puppets & Face Painting ✨
Face Painting with Leda Farrow
Enid the Portrait Painter by String Bean Puppets
Giant Dragon by Tony Ferrier
Giant Teddy Bear by John Rew
Awhi by Ally Rogers
✨ 10:45am - 1pm Puppetry Performances ✨
Paper Puppets by Amy Grace Laura
The Kiwi Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Gay Janssen
The Bell by Naranjarte Theatre Company
Lost Things by Rosie Mazur
There was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly by Rowena Macgill
The Golden Seed by Rosa Zarrudo
✨ 1pm - 1:45pm Roaming Puppets ✨
Finding Nemo by Sarah Bell
Party Pigs by Kenny King
Leatherback Turtle by Amy Grace Laura
Puppetry Workshops & Talks in Vogelmorn Hall
✨ for Festival Pass ticket holders ✨
Workshop #1 1-2pm
Puppetry as a Tool for Wellbeing with Ifat Vayner and Nona Morris
Workshop #2 2:30-3:30pm
So you want to be a puppeteer? with Kenny King and Jacqui Coats
Workshop #3 3:45-4:45pm
Te ao Kare-tao Wānanga with Toro Pikopiko Puppets
Feast of Puppets in Vogelmorn Hall 6:30-10pm
✨ for Festival Pass ticket holders ✨
A dining experience packed with puppetry!
“For a Puppet to Live” a film by Amos Mann
Wishing Woman by Amy Grace Laura
Auguries of Innocence by Birdlife Productions
The Stone Cutter by Regan Taylor (Ngāti Kahungunu / Ngāti Pikiao)
Stephanie's Bicycle Powered Propaganda Puppet Parade by Steph Cairns
The Bear by String Bean Puppets
Sunday, 29 September 2024
Puppetry Workshops & Talks in Vogelmorn Upstairs
✨ for Festival Pass ticket holders ✨
Workshop #4 10-11am
How to make a bespoke Backpack for Giant Puppets with Ally Rogers
Workshop #5 11:30-12:30pm
A talk about a workshop with Handspring Puppets with Ana Lorite (UNIMA President)
Workshop #6 1-2pm
Playback Theatre with Object Puppets and Music with Fe Day
Afternoon Tea in the Vogelmorn Upstairs 2-4pm
✨ for Festival Pass ticket holders ✨
A final opportunity to connect with the puppetry community and other artists over a cup of tea!
Vogelmorn Community
Vogelmorn Cafe open all festival weekend – Saturday & Sunday 9-3pm
Smoked & Pickled open all festival weekend – Saturday 3-10pm & Sunday 3-8pm
Vogelmorn Community Bar & Living Room open Friday & Saturday 3-10pm
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