WAAPA students welcome audiences into the world of puppeteering

WAAPA’s students are pulling strings to showcase their puppeteering skills to entertain and bring their puppets to life for two performances of the mesmerising show Wonder. This is an exclusive event showcasing a collision of some of the most creative minds from WAAPA and Spare Parts Puppet Theatre.

Photo Credit: Stephen Heath Photography

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, and the seventh annual collaboration between the Fremantle-based company and WAAPA’s Performance Making students. This exciting partnership introduces WAAPA’s students to the world of visual storytelling through the physical and imaginative demands of puppet theatre – and who better to teach the students than Australia’s flagship puppetry company dedicated to the development of the art form.

“This promenade performance is being made for an audience of all ages – for the young and the young at heart,” says Spare Parts Puppet Theatre’s Associate Director Michael Barlow.

Photo Credit: Stephen Heath Photography

For their final show before they graduate, the students are letting loose their creative inventiveness to bring Spare Parts’ history, building, surrounding parkland, and favourite puppets to magical life in a stunning performance celebrating 40 years of contemporary puppetry.

Photo Credit: Stephen Heath Photography

Wonder will be showcased on Saturday, November 6 at 2.00pm and 7.00pm. Join in celebrating Spare Parts’ anniversary year and the talents of WAAPA’s graduating Performance Making students with this extra-special show. For more information head to WAAPA  for bookings and further details about this intriguing and exclusive performance.

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