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Throughout January, Larrikin Puppets is booked at several childcare centres, vacation care, libraries and a few pubs, clubs and RSLS to perform our Australia-themed puppet show as part of a month of Australia Day entertainment celebrating this country, it’s animals, it’s diversity, and how we can look after the land and keep it clean and tidy.
Our Australia-themed puppet show is a vibrant and interactive celebration of everything that makes this country special. Filled with colourful, zany Muppet-style characters, the show delights little audiences and their educators with funny skits, jokes, sing-along songs and plenty of opportunities to dance, sing and play along.
Across 45 minutes of high-energy fun, we celebrate Australia’s unique animals, rich cultures and natural environment. Through songs, stories and lively puppetry, children learn about caring for the land and keeping it clean and tidy in an entertaining and age-appropriate way.
A special storytime segment features Elissa reading an enjoyable Australian story written by a First Nations author, while our puppet character Frazzamatazz interacts with the audience. This helps model active listening and supports comprehension through playful questions and comments.
To finish, we present a 5 to 10 minute behind-the-scenes demonstration showing how our puppets work and inspiring children with the magic of puppetry.
This unique and joyful experience is a celebration of Australia’s animals, people and shared environment brought to life through music, laughter and imagination.
Here’s a fun 30 second video showing all the excitement of our puppet shows!
Total Duration: 45 minutes.
Cost: For prices and packages visit our Rate Cards.
Cost Covers:
– Two Puppeteers.
– 30 minute puppet show of songs, games, jokes and comical interaction with the audience.
– 5 minute “How the puppets work” demonstration.
– 10 minute puppet meet-and-greet / Photo opportunity.
– Time allowance for travel to and from, set-up and pack-down of the puppet stage, props, puppets and sound equipment.
– Rehearsal time prior to the event.
– Quality characters.
– Quality puppetry.
Blue Card and Insurance: Brett’s Blue Card number is 1161011/5, Elissa’s is 690261/5. We have public liability insurance through Duck For Cover Entertainers Insurance.
Professional Development Overseas: We have completed three months of professional development in the USA, which included performances and advanced training with Jim Henson puppeteers from The Muppets and Sesame Street.
TV Work: For Australian television we performed Troggg and Marina on an episode of Shake Takes (Network Ten). We also performed the puppetry in music videos “Best Friends Forever” for Regurgitator’s Pogogo Show (on ABC Kids) and “Cheap Seats” for Illy (featuring Waax). Previous television appearances have included Totally Wild (Network Ten) and The Bureau of Magical Things (Network Ten/Jonathan M. Shiff Productions).
The great thing about this show is it doesn’t need to be restricted to Australia Day entertainment. This show can be performed any time of year for other celebrations of Australia as well.
We look forward to hearing from you about whether you’d like our Australia themed puppet show at your venue or event soon!
