With Jamie Shannon. November 21st, half-day from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Fee $100
How do you make a puppet feel like it is thinking, listening, and responding? In this practical, playful workshop, Jamie Shannon shares tools developed over 35 years of performance: focus, breath, timing, stillness, movement, and point of view. Bring a puppet and discover how small choices make it feel alive.
Participants should bring a hand puppet they can operate. If not having a puppet would keep someone from participating, please let us know ahead of time, and Jamie will bring some of his own puppets to use.
Jamie Shannon is a Toronto puppeteer, writer, and director, and co-creator and performer of Nanalan’ and Mr. Meaty. Over 35 years, he has brought practical characters to life for television, film, theatre, and live audiences, including work for Disney, Nickelodeon, CBC, and Jim Henson Company productions.