This workshop offers the foundational practice of Dead Puppet Society’s principles of puppet manipulation, in Focus, Breath and Gravity, and a series of devising techniques for storytelling with puppets.

Puppet Manipulation will demystify the artform, and allow students to create moments of wonder and poetic meaning, all while using simple household materials. Participants will build their understanding of visual and gestural language, small scale worldbuilding, and grow to understand the power puppets have to create emotional connections with audiences.

Students will:

• Be introduced to puppetry as a form
• Create their own character
• Learn the core principles of puppetry (focus, breath, and gravity)
• Develop specific puppet manipulation skills
• Build language and performance skills specific to visual theatre

Drama curriculum links: Visual Theatre, Contemporary Performance, Puppetry and Children’s Theatre, Devising, and Ensemble Performance