Puppets Plus!
WP Puppet Theatre is proud to present Puppets Plus! Part of our Puppet Power Arts Series, this special new annual event offers a unique collaboration between a team of creative kids and a guest artist.
For our inaugural event we are thrilled to work with Jasper musician Matricia Bauer. The full-day program on Saturday, February 17, 2024 consists of a puppet-making workshop with pre-registered children, ages 8 – 12 years old, a separate loom beading workshop in the morning and a drumming and singing workshop for adults with Matricia Bauer in the evening! Puppet-making workshop concludes with a family-friendly afternoon shadow puppet performance with the kids performing and Matricia underscoring their show with drumming followed by hot chocolate and cookies.
Inspired by Dr Suess’s lovely book My Many Coloured Days, the program supports children’s emotional literacy while being fun and visually stunning. The book describes feelings with different colours and animals; our program will feature native Alberta animals. Under the guidance of WP Puppet Theatre’s Artistic Director, Wendy Passmore-Godfey, participants will explore the magic of light and shade as they make shadow puppets to present the story of My Many Coloured Days.
For more information, visit wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Many_Colored_Days.
The overall program will be in English with some Cree language included.
Date: Saturday, February 17, 2024
Location: La Cité de Rocheuses (4800 Richard Rd SW)
Parking is available onsite. Bus stations for routes 9, 13 and 699 are within 1-minute walking distance.
- Doors open at 9:30am MT.
- Puppet Making Workshop starts at 10am MT.
- Loom Beading Workshop starts at 10:30am MT.
- Shadow puppet performance starts at 4:30pm MT.
- Loom beading and puppet workshops are recommended for ages: 8-12 years old.
- Drumming and singing workshop is recommended for adults.
Limited space for workshops: 20 people
Please note that lunch will not be provided.
For more information and tickets for the workshops and performance, visit eventbrite.ca.
Thank you Chinook Blast for sponsoring Puppets Plus!
Agenda:
- 9:30am: Puppet workshop participants meet Matricia Bauer
- 10:00am: Puppet workshop (continuing into the afternoon) with Wendy Passmore-Godfrey
- 10:30am – 12:30pm: Concurrent loom beading workshop with Matricia Bauer
- 12:30 – 1pm: Lunch
- 1pm: Puppet workshop (Continued from morning)
- 3:30 – 4pm: Dress rehearsal with the puppet workshop participants
- 4:20pm: Doors open
- 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm: Family concert with kids performing their shadow puppet show to music by Matricia Bauer
- 5:30pm: Hot chocolate and cookies
- 7:30pm: Drumming and singing workshop for adults, gently facilitated by Matricia Bauer
Matricia Bauer
Matricia has had the privilege of sharing her culture over the last 20 years to schools throughout the Yellowhead Region. Matricia is a singer, songwriter, musician, drummer and an artist who teaches drum making and leather binding, makes moccasins, traditional fur mittens, and other traditional workshops
WP Puppet Theatre
WP Puppet Theatre’s puppetry-based workshops, residencies and puppet shows present a wide range of opportunities to link to both specific learning objectives and to 21st century learning skills. Our goal is to support learning, inspire students to be creators, performers and makers, and be a resource for both teachers and students.
Accessibility
We are committed to the purposeful inclusion of all people. We strive to reduce barriers and we value everyone’s participation in our programs. We are part of the City of Calgary Assistance Fee program and if you wish to use your card for our programs or if you identify a different challenge to you, or others attending, please contact us – we recognize our limitations as a small organization.
