Ozraku – Co-operating puppetry

In this workshop, participants learn to operate various objects as puppets, but as a team. It is an incredible team building exercise, and while demanding excellence in skills development from participants, it also demands imagination, high level interactivity and play.

After an introduction to the basic principles and main tenants of general puppetry, participants break into teams and work together to manipulate plush toys as puppets. Click HERE to see footage on You Tube.

Participants then move into a whole new realm of creativity and object manipulation, transforming special fabric-paper into incredible creatures and characters. This also is done in teams. Click HERE to see footage on You Tube.

“That was an incredible experience watching these kids co-operate to make those soft toys really come to life. They REALLY must collaborate to make it work – it’s so obvious when they don’t. Huge fun, huge learning. BRILLIANT!

Teacher at Fitzroy High School, 2012 Barking Spider residency

I totally fell in love with that elephant! It was so incredible seeing all the toys transform from, well – us playing with them, to them actually coming alive with their own personalities.”

Shelley, 19,  – Monash Uni Student Theatre workshop intensive, 2011

“I will never view my teddy bear the same way again”

Aaron, 11, – Fairfax Festival 2011