Is puppetry the original extended reality?

Is puppetry the original extended reality?

Speculative worlds and speculative ideas with artistic director Sam Routledge   In February during Mona Foma, we hosted UK artist Tim Spooner for a second stage creative development of a new durational performance installation, Matter Era. Tim is a performer,...
New life from decay

New life from decay

A compost heap called Heap with head of workshop/lead puppet-maker Bryony Anderson It’s two weeks out from the debut of our new character, Heap. It’s a giant compost heap that rises up and comes to life, and in the process of making her I’ve become an avid fan of...
Looking back to go forward

Looking back to go forward

A 2022 wrap-up from Chair Fiona Barber Terrapin started this year, as every year, with a goal: to make Tasmanian lives better through our work. A lofty ambition, perhaps, but one which effectively guides all our activities and helps us make decisions about where to...
Tinkering & learning

Tinkering & learning

Reflections from Greta Jean, Terrapin’s inaugural Creative Trainee supported by the Jennifer Davidson Creative Endowment Puppet making training of any depth beyond a day or two is extremely rare in Australia. It’s also something I had been seeking for a while,...
107 schools, 123 shows

107 schools, 123 shows

A dispatch from Tasmanian back roads with touring stage manager Ellen Roe Terrapin’s 2022 schools show The Paper Escaper began its season at the start of term three. We have already visited 39 Tasmanian schools and performed 55 shows and by the end of the season, we...
Van exhaust vs. imaginations

Van exhaust vs. imaginations

Our early steps on a path to greater sustainability with designer/maker Bryony Anderson I came out of the hills to join the Terrapin team after a couple of decades of working as a freelance puppet maker, committed to working with salvaged materials. That’s all very...

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