With David from Puppetmongers. Sunday February 21st 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Fee $125
N.B. The two shadow puppetry workshops combined make a full program. The discounted fee for both workshops is $200.
This workshop will take you on a brief visit to the living traditions of shadow puppetry around the world and their varying teschniques, and a hands-on shadow puppet makinmg workshop, focusing on the use of shadow in theatrical work: as fabricated actors, as powerful images, and as kinetic set design.
Working with incandescent light sources, you will design and build your own shadow puppets, explore a number of manipulation techniques and start to develop a short piece of theatre.
David Powell, the other co-founder of Puppetmongers, has been involved with all levels of production: design, scripting, construction, marketing, touring, performing and administration. He spent three months in Java and Bali observing puppet theatre and has always been fascinated by this artform. He created Shuttle Dreams, a new-music shadow play with musicians Scott Wilson and Daria Kwiatkowska. He has taught puppetry arts at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto, York University, University of Windsor, University of Guelph, the Toronto Teachers’ College, and at several C.O.D.E Conferences.