We perform puppetry for stage productions, both in scripted and improvised theatre. Our blue monster star Troggg can appear in any production, or Brett Hansen can puppeteer characters that you have created.
If you have a cast of performers without prior puppetry experience, Brett can provide puppetry training and supervision throughout the rehearsal period.
Avenue Q
Avenue Q is an American Broadway musical conceived by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx. It is an adults-only parody of Sesame Street and won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Musical (beating Wicked).
Brett Hansen served as Puppetry Consultant for the 2012 Brisbane production, training the entire cast in puppet performance. Brett also performed as Trekkie Monster and Nicky and operated two dancing rats. He returned to train new Brisbane casts in 2014 and again in 2017 at Sunnybank Theatre Group.
Thank Troggg You’re Here: A Puppet Impro Spectacular!
A co-production between Larrikin Puppets and Edge Improv, this show combines short-form improvisational theatre (similar to Whose Line Is It Anyway?) with puppetry inspired by the television style of Jim Henson.
Puppets are projected onto a movie screen while puppeteers perform live below. The audience can enjoy both the live performers and the projected puppet action simultaneously.
The show premiered in May 2014 at Mowbraytown Hall during the Anywhere Theatre Festival and was later performed at the New Globe Theatre in Fortitude Valley.
Performers
Brett Hansen, Brad Daniels, Rachael Whitaker, Chris Spensley, Leanne Shellshear, Sam Clifford, Lucy Posner, Señor Enrique Strawberry and Brutal Planett.
Musician
Robert Zosars
Photography
Kris Anderson – Images By Anderson
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The Super Weekend Show
A co-production between Larrikin Puppets and Studio Theatre & Cafe, The Super Weekend Show is a colourful Saturday morning children’s variety show featuring puppetry, competitions, prizes, magic, music, animation and comedy.
