Black puppeteers10/6/2023 Puppetry performance and adjacent forms are uniquely situated to address how we perform and perceive "realness" within the artificial hells of our bureaucratic and tech-driven world. They work as a prop and puppet maker and performer, creating work that irreverently comments on the way we structure our lives under capitalism, and the ways we try and fail to create and maintain authentic connections with one another. Playdoh is a multimedia performance artist exploring contested spaces and animated objects. It deals with themes of gentrification, greenwashing, labor exploitation, toxic positivity, and wellness culture in the age of social media. The show features a soundtrack of original musical numbers that are fun and thought-provoking for people of all ages. This touring version is a solo-show adaptation of the original ensemble production. It premiered in the 2023 New Orleans Giant Puppet Festival at Happyland Theater. For this reason, the performances contain all the main ingredients of a full scale production, which makes it very useful for theatre studies."Namaslay” is a comedy puppet musical. The experience of viewing the shows has been compared to having a small state theatre come to you, rather than you to it. The Dreamer shows are complete theatrical productions on a scale small enough to travel and fit in a diverse range of venues. The rods are also covered in black velvet to make them invisible. Because this is black light, the rods are just long enough to be held in the hand as the puppeteer can be standing directly behind and still not be visible. This enables the puppeteer to operate the puppet without the distraction of hands getting in the way or being visible. These puppets have rods attached to key places such as the head, back, elbows, wrists and ankles. The main type of puppets used in the performances are rod puppets. Dream Puppets have developed a larger palette of 'fluoro' colours, beyong the expected orange, yellow, light green, pink and blue, taking black light theatre to another level. The results are spectacular, even though the stage is only 3 meters wide. The Dreamer productions reflect several years of experimentation and development in this medium. The space must be dark enough for the full effect. In this way, performances in black light can be truly magical. If the performance space is nice and dark, the puppeteer becomes invisible while the puppets and sets are clearly seen. The background is black velvet and the puppeteer is also covered in black velvet. This light makes any fluorescent colours and bleached white materials glow. Black light blue lights are very dark blue in appearance and when switched on, produce blue/violet and ultra violet light at low levels. The name is derived from the main sources of light for the performances - long fluorescent tubes known as “Black light, blue”, ( not to be confused with “Black light, white”). The Dreamer productions use a style of theatre called black light. The Mystery behind Dreamer and Black light Explained The only real difference between an actor and puppeteer is that the puppeteer does this through the puppet and requires specialised skills in this area. Most performance is about creating the illusion that the performer is somebody or something else. All puppeteers are performers and the more highly skilled they are, the greater the range and depth of characters they can portray. It covers a range of different styles and mediums, including film and television. There is a myth in our society that all puppets are for children and only children believe “dolls” can be “alive”.Īll puppetry is theatre, just like dance, drama, mime, mask, opera etc. It ranges from children's theatre to adult and street theatre. Puppetry is a well developed theatre art form in Australia with quite a few professional companies and practitioners.
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