Update: Puppet Power call for proposals deadline extended to October 31, 2021.

WP Puppet Theatre is accepting applications for puppeteers to share their work at our next Puppet Power event scheduled for May 25 to 29, 2022.

Puppet Power 2022: Celebration! is the 10th edition of our biennial festival of ideas in applied puppetry arts. Featuring local, Canadian, and international master puppeteers whose inspiring talks/workshops/performances link to intriguing ideas.

In-person and online events will take place May 25 to 30, 2022, in Moh’kinsstis traditional Treaty 7 territory, also known as Calgary.

For more information, visit wppuppet.com.

New This Year

We are accepting applications for talks/workshops/demos as well as performances but they must directly relate to our theme…

Puppet Power: Celebration! seems fitting as we adapt post-COVID-19 and work towards an equitable, diverse, inclusive, accessible, anti-racist society.

Celebration sparks a variety of questions: How do we celebrate? What do we choose to celebrate? Who is celebrating and who is not? What about anti-celebration considerations? How has puppetry contributed to the ritual, cultural or commerce of celebration? How has puppetry helped define what celebration is?

Please be sure to clearly indicate how your talk, workshop, and/or performance fits our theme!

Only submissions clearly linked with the theme will be considered.

For more information and to apply, visit jotform.com.

Deadline to apply is October 31, 2021.

Artists will be compensated for their talk/workshop/performance as well as travel (if applicable).