By Brett Hansen • February 21, 2017
Larrikin Puppets is a nominee in the national What’s On 4 Kids 2017 Awards sponsored by Di Bella Coffee. We’ve been nominated in the ‘Best Children’s Party Entertainment’ category, sponsored by…
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By Brett Hansen • February 4, 2017
Feedspot Blog Reader have kindly listed Larrikin Puppets on their Top 75 Puppet Blogs and Websites for Puppeteers and Puppet Designers. You can find the full list here at: http://blog.feedspot.com/puppet_blogs/ And behold – the grand Puppet Blogs medal of honour –…
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By Brett Hansen • January 31, 2017
Monitor puppetry is the style of puppetry developed by Jim Henson for performance on film and television productions. Unlike traditional live performance puppetry, the puppeteers don’t look at their puppets. They perform their characters up high above their heads, and watch their puppetry in a TV monitor. This enables the…
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By Brett Hansen • January 31, 2017
Larrikin Puppets are very much looking forward to working with the Queensland staff of Happy Feet Fitness in February. Happy Feet Fitness is a wonderful organisation that teaches kids about fitness and healthy choices through fun songs, dancing and games. There’s also an element…
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By Brett Hansen • January 31, 2017
Kev – The film that our very own puppet star Frizzby starred in (with the help of his handler Brett Hansen) – was shortlisted for Tropfest 25. It didn’t make the finalists, but to be on the shortlist is a great achievement in itself. Kev (a Griffith Film School…
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By Brett Hansen • January 31, 2017
HOT OFF THE PRESS: Here’s a new article in Blank Gold Coast about Larrikin Puppets! …
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By Brett Hansen • January 26, 2017
– 2016 started with a series of school holiday and vacation care puppet show performances. – The Richard Bell film I performed puppetry in (“5 for 35”) screened all Summer at GOMA as part of the 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT8). …
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By Brett Hansen • January 7, 2017
It has been a great honour and privilege to be a part of the “De Ja Voodoo” sideshow family for a week at Woodford Folk Festival. Run by headline performers Zoe Ellis (Zoe L’Amore of Electric Dollhouse) and Chayne Hultgren (The…
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By Brett Hansen • September 9, 2016
Larrikin Puppets in The Bribie Islander: Towards the end of our stay in New York, Elissa and I decided to base ourselves on Bribie Island upon our return to Australia. I wrote a post on a Bribie Island community Facebook page about our decision, and was approached via that…
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By Brett Hansen • July 18, 2016
On Saturday, June 25 2016, Troggg and friends performed for the people of New York at the Puppetry Arts Festival of Brooklyn. A full festival dedicated to all styles of puppetry. As you can see from the photo, we had a nice big crowd of families enjoying the show,…
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