Spare Parts Puppet Theatre (SPPT) is one of Australia’s leading puppetry companies, creating inspiring theatre for young people and their families. Located in Fremantle, the company maintains a theatre, rehearsal space, workshop, offices and an interactive puppet museum.

SPPT was founded in 1981 by Artistic Director Peter L Wilson, writer Cathryn Robinson and designer Beverley Campbell-Jackson, as part of an artist-in-residency program initiated by the WA Institute of Technology (now Curtin University of Technology). From 1997 – 2001, SPPT was under the artistic direction of Noriko Nishimoto. Currently, Philip Mitchell is the company’s Artistic Director.

After 27 years of operation, the Company has developed a national and international reputation having performed in China, USA, Korea, Singapore, Japan and the Czech Republic. In April 2008 SPPT hosted the 20th UNIMA World Puppetry Festival and Congress – the Olympics of puppetry!

Within Australia, SPPT entertains over 50 000 people annually. The Company presents three to four new Australian works and repertoire shows in its Fremantle theatre every year, as well as festival events, corporate entertainment and workshops.

SPPT also maintains a rigorous regional and interstate touring schedule, taking the magic of puppetry to children and families in remote areas of Western Australia and the eastern states.