About
The Puppet Circus is a puppetry act for hire in Melbourne, VIC.
A 40-minute puppet show that arrives with everything it needs: a gold, red and purple puppet theatre, PA, internal lighting and a bubble machine. The Puppet Circus keeps things moving, never dwelling on one bit long enough for attention to wander. For very young audiences there's a separate show, Puppet Antics, pitched at two to five year olds. Schools get an optional 20-minute talk afterwards covering puppetry traditions from around the world, which forms were used in the show, and how a person actually learns the craft. Workshops are available too. Allow an hour and a half to set up, an hour to pack down, and access to power. Insured, with a current working with children check.
The show
Forty minutes of puppetry, arriving complete with its own theatre in gold, red and purple, plus PA, internal lighting and a bubble machine. Very young audiences get a different show altogether, Puppet Antics, designed for two to five year olds. In schools there's an optional 20 minute discussion at the end, covering the puppetry traditions used around the world, which of them turned up in the show, and what learning to be a puppeteer actually involves. Workshops in performing and in puppet making can also be arranged.
On the day
Set up takes an hour and a half, so factor that into your run sheet, and packing the theatre away again takes an hour at the end. Power access on site is required.
Insurance and paperwork
Public liability insured
Working with Children Check
