Testimonial: “Thank you Brett for providing entertainment for our 2015 school fete. The kids loved Troggg and the crew and you were very flexible with our changing needs as the fete day drew closer. Loved having you there and seeing the kids enjoy the puppet show. We look forward to next time!” – Sarah, Yeronga.
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Author: Brett Hansen
Not 4 Kidz at Brisbane Comedy Festival 2016
Brett Hansen is providing puppetry consultancy for this Brisbane Comedy Festival show at the Brisbane Powerhouse in March. Details below.
ImproMafia presents: Not 4 Kidz at Brisbane Comedy Festival 2016.
FOUR SHOWS OVER THREE WEEKS
Grab your cereal and settle in for a completely improvised parody of your favourite childhood shows.
Return to the glory days of children’s television! Brisbane comedy favourites ImproMafia are stepping back in time to present an improvised homage to the shows that made your childhood great.
Join a perky host and a puppet just aggressive enough to avoid copyright infringement, then save the planet with an animated eco-warrior, deal with Canadian high school dramas or go ‘round the bend with the supernatural. Made up on the spot from your suggestions, it’s all up to the audience how these cheeky parodies play out.
(Sorry, kids – this one’s for the grownups!)
5.30pm Saturdays 5 – 19 March
8.30pm Thursday 17 March
Rooftop Terrace, Brisbane Powerhouse
Tickets $23*/16*
Bookings essential – click link above!
Photo by Images by Anderson.
*An additional fee applies to each booking transaction. Single tickets $3/multiple tickets $6.
Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/552700871561884/
1st Birthday Party – Larrikin Puppets
Testimonial: “Larrikin Puppets performed at our daughter’s 1st Birthday party. It was an excellent show, age appropriate from 1 to 9yrs (kids) but also had the adults entertained!
Brett arrived on time, quietly set up and waited for the start time without being pushy ‘watching the clock’.
He was very interactive with the kids even exchanging knock knock jokes! He also spent a lot of time after the show with Troggg talking to the kids and having photos. They’re still talking about it (and singing the songs)!
We loved it! I would definitely recommend Larrikin Puppets and will be using them again in the years to come!” – Julie, Clontarf.
60th Birthday Party – Larrikin Puppets
Testimonial: “Just want to thank you for a great puppet show at my 60th birthday lunch last Sunday. Heaps of fun, big surprise for my friends. They are still laughing and talking about it. We got some great pics of Troggg and Frizzby” – Sue, Cleveland.
www.larrikinpuppets.com.au
www.larrikinpuppets.com.au
Troggg on Sam The Ham Show
Troggg was recently an international guest on the web series of popular California-based puppet pig, Sam the Ham. 
Performed by puppeteer Justin Galluccio, Sam the Ham is a pig who is willing to try anything and everything (that people say a pig his size should not be doing, within reason). You can find Sam the Ham all over YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Here’s Sam’s interview with Troggg:
Troggg on The Hobble & Snitch Show
Do you remember when we reported that our very own Troggg had a cameo appearance in The Hobble & Snitch Show?
The Hobble & Snitch Show is a puppet web-series wherein two goblins – Hobble & Snitch – try to make their own web-series from their cave deep under your city, with disastrous results.
Here’s the episode featuring Troggg:
StarNow and LinkedIn
Brett Hansen’s StarNow profile lists details on the various puppetry projects he’s been involved in through Larrikin Puppets, and in theatre, film and TV: http://www.starnow.com.au/LarrikinPuppets
The Larrikin Puppets LinkedIn company profile can be found here. You are most welcome to follow and share these profiles on social media.
Upcoming Public Puppet Shows
Here’s a list of upcoming public puppet shows we’re performing – Starring Troggg the blue monster and his furry friends! —
* Friday, 22 January @ Tabatinga Tweed Heads (Seagulls Club), 11am NSW time (10am QLD time if you’re coming down from Brisbane or the Gold Coast).
* Thursday, 17 March @ Bunnings Warwick – “Easter Family Night”, 6:45pm.
* Friday, 25 March (Good Friday) @ Redcliffe Sails Festival (Suttons Beach, Redcliffe), 10:45am.
* Monday, 28 March (Easter Monday) @ Seagulls Club (Tweed Heads), 2pm NSW time (1pm QLD time if you’re coming down from Brisbane or the Gold Coast).
* Thursday, 7 April @ South Bank Parklands – “Little Days Out”: 3 Puppet Shows, 9am – 1pm.
* Saturday, 16 April @ Ipswich Festival – “Creative Kidz”: 2 Puppet Shows + Roving Puppetry, 12pm – 5pm.
Larrikin Puppets will be performing several private birthday party shows and other events during this time also. Remember to fill out our booking enquiry form if you’d like to have Troggg and the gang perform a puppet show at YOUR event!
Please note, we will be based in Brooklyn, New York (USA) throughout May, June and July. But we’ll be back in Brisbane (Australia) from August. We have openings for more public puppet shows (and private ones) between January and April, and from August onwards. Get in early for those Christmas parties and festivals!
2015 Adventures of the Puppets
This year, Larrikin Puppets has continued to grow from strength to strength. In its third year of business, the puppets have appeared at several festivals, more child care centres and schools than ever before, two Supanova Pop Culture Expos, regular shows at South Bank Parklands, a series of family variety shows at Morningside’s Studio Theatre & Cafe, a film appearance in artist Richard Bell’s movie “5 for 35” (currently showing at APT8, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane), a cameo in “The Hobble & Snitch Show”, and even a hosting gig on “Juiced TV” – a TV show filmed at the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital. Troggg even got to meet Agro this year!
We also took the puppets along to perform in Childers, Toowoomba, and at the 5th Kooma Green School – a cultural exchange program held in the remote Indigenous community of Murra Murra in South-West Queensland. And Troggg got to accept a trophy at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne when Larrikin Puppets WON the BizCover NEIS Change Award at the National Small Business Development Conference! 
I managed to arrange Brisbane’s only cinema screening of the award winning documentary film, “I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story” at Event Cinemas (hosted by Troggg of course). We raised $300 towards ovarian cancer research and awareness via Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer in memory of my Mum.
On a personal note, I got married this year! To the beautiful Elissa, who has been the most amazing friend anybody could ever wish for.
Here’s to more puppet fun and adventures in 2016!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
From Brett Hansen 🙂
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Hope everybody had a very Merry Christmas this year! Troggg and the gang look forward to more puppet shows and adventures in 2016! Happy New Year!
