Unima Australia

International Puppetry for TV and Web Workshop 2010

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New editor for UNIMA OZ newsletter

Amand Karo from Queensland is the new editor of UNIMA OZ! Please send all What’s On or other information to her. She is looking forward to all your communications. 

The UNIMA OZ newsletter supplements the Australian Puppeteer Magazine (which comes out three times a year in hard copy, and to which you are subscribed when you join Unima Australia) and helps to keep members up to date with  upcoming news and events. The newsletters are printed and mailed to members who are not able to receive them by email.

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Call for articles for APM #38

Australian Puppeteer No. 38 is due at the end of this month. Vicki Jaeger is editing this edition. The deadline for submissions is Monday 15th June. Please send news, reviews, articles, photos, letters and so on to Vicki.

You can send updates about what you are doing (puppetrywise), but please don’t send general press releases. Material needs to be prepared specifically for the magazine with the writer’s name included. Information about forthcoming events can be be included in What’s On, but advertisements (unless they are for puppet festival events within Australia) need to be paid for. Contact Vicki for details.

Vicki would also like to hear from members interested in volunteering to assist with the mail-out.

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Cabaret Decadanse at the Opera House

Cabaret Decadans, who were a great success at Perth's UNIMA 2008, are in Sydney from 17-20, appearing at the Sydney Opera House Playhouse. Tickets are $39/$34 + booking fee.

Book now on (02) 9250 7777 or  online.

'Camp, cool, quirky and quintessentially Canadian, Cabaret Décadanse uses the universal language of music and movement to create a steamy, after-dark nightclub world of cabaret singers, transvestites, gigolos and dancers.

These three maestro puppeteer-dancers create a weightless ballet against a haunting musical backdrop. With few props and simple lighting, they skilfully manipulate the cast of colourful characters into a magical piece of mime, masque and puppetry.

"Think of Priscilla Queen of the Desert meets Moulin Rouge done with puppets and written by Pedro Almodovar, and you're half-way there." Evening News, Edinburgh'

Duration: 70 minutes with no interval.

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UNIMA OZ no. 9

Members of Unima Australia have just received the most recent issue of our email newsletter, Unima Oz by email. The newsletter supplements the Australian Puppeteer Magazine (which comes out three times a year in hard copy, and to which you are subscribed when you join Unima Australia) and helps to keep members up to date with  upcoming news and events. The newsletters are printed and mailed to members who are not able to receive them by email.

You can read and download Unima Oz 9 here.

Contents:

• Happy Birthday UNIMA, celebrating it's 80th anniversary!
• Chill'n out: Richard Hart, Julia Davis and Kassius Kamel are taking a break - thank you for all you have done!
• Gary Friedman's puppetry workshops in Kenya: First pilot project of International Cooperation.
• Evgenious Spatharis' last performance.
• Puppet making opportunity
• Spare Parts Puppet Theatre July school holiday workshops
• Puppetry Workshops with Sandy McKendrick: The magic of manipulaton
• Ronnie Burckett Theatre of Marionettes to tour Australia with Billy Twinkle, Requiem for a Golden Boy

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Puppet making opportunity: Large Sea Monster

Tom Biasetto from Sold Out National Events Management is trying to source a large Sea Monster serpent puppet in the style of a Chinese New Year street parade puppet. They are a Sydney based company but are happy to work with a supplier anywhere in Australia and if necessary overseas. They would appreciate any leads.

Unit 17/58 Box Road Taren Point NSW Australia 2229 | PO Box 335 Caringbah NSW Australia 1495

P 61 2 9542 7255 | F 61 2 9542 7563 | M 0438 204 084 | E tom@soldout.com.au | W www.soldout.com.au

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UNIMA OZ Update #31

Please  download UNIMA OZ Update No. 31 for the latest Unima Australia news. This update includes

• A call for expressions of interest for One Van International Puppet Festival 2010. Further details referred to are available to  download here.
• Coop: Green Room Awards
• Terrapin Puppet Theatre: The Falling Room and the Flying Room
• Pooka Puppet Company: Sexarella, Queen of the Gallaxy
• Spare Parts Puppet Theatre: The Man from Snowy River
• Chrissie Shaw & Penelope Bartlau: The Keeper
• Spare Parts Puppet Theatre: Adult marionette making workshops with Jiri Zmitco
• Corporate  Creatures launches in Australia
• Evora Festival Petition
• Queensland Theatre of Puppetry Inc. call for volunteer puppeteers

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Corporate Creatures Business News

Official spokesman, Con Quest introduces Corporate Creatures Business News, Gary Friedman's latest puppetry venture, which harnesses the powerful age-old tradition of puppetry with a 21st century makeover to communicate issues within the business environment.

While the puppets themselves are larger-than-life, their workplace and the situations they face are relevant to everyone.By using the puppet, we provide a non-threatening format in which the audience is entertained while the key messages are still being strongly communicated. We can effectively tackle issues that everyone is thinking about, but no one is comfortable discussing - sensitive subjects such as personal concerns, bullying and sexual harassment in the workplace.

MrQuest has also announced that he will be conducting interviews with prominent business and world leaders weekly and the first such interview can be found on his blog at CCBN here!
Mr Quest and his team are all listed as Face Book devotees. You can find Con's FB page here
He is also asking all interested to add him as a friend and to subscribe to his NEWS listing here!

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Congratulations To Black Hole Theatre!

(photo credit: Jeff Busby)

Congratulations to Black Hole Theatre whose fabulous production COOP has just garnered four Green Room Award nominations in the field called Alternative/Hybrid Performance:  Best Production, Direction, Lighting and Sound.

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Green Room membership

With regard to the earlier post Puppetry, Physical & Object Theatre workshop: Adelaide, anyone interested person 25 or under should join GreenRoom to get the discounted rate for the masterclass. The masterclass is open to people aged 18-30yo. Being a member also makes you eligible for cheap hostel accommodation at YHA in the city close by.

Please contact Leanne Cotter, GreenRoom Coordinator P: 8216 8512 or E: leanne.cotter@adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au

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