Festivals and Events
The Mary Surefoot Shoe Collection
Mary Surefoot is just one of the many people in our world who is obsessed with collecting… shoes!
At the insistence of Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, Mary has agreed to bring us just a crumb of a piece of toast of her magnificent shoe collection.
Shoes can tell so much and Mary has so, so many shoes… join Mary as she brings her shoe collection to life.
Watch as stilettos morph into opera singers, boots turn into boats and runners are revealed as space ships! Welcome to the fantastical world that is The Mary Surefoot Shoe Collection.
Put your foot in another’s shoe as Mary takes you to the moon, to exotic Japan and aboard a tall ship sailing on a far sea…each step of the way she’ll share a little of the personality who filled each pair.
A special blend of polished puppetry that leaves no sole unturned! Bring a friend whose idea of heaven is a new pair of shoes.
You will never look at a pair of shoes the same way again… and you will never forget the lovable Mary Surefoot.
Favourite Footwear must be worn!
Information
- Running Time
- 45 mins
- Age Range
- Suitable for everyone
- Venue
- Spare Parts Puppet Theatre
- Season
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available for state, national and international touring
- History
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- 2007 Premiere Season, Western Australian Maritime Museum
- 2008 20th UNIMA Congress and World Puppetry Festival
Return Season, Western Australian Maritime Museum
Western Australian Museum, Albany - 2011 April SPPT season
Credits
- Director
- Philip Mitchell
- Designer
- Bryan Woltjen
- Composer
- Lee Buddle
- Puppet Construction
- Bryan Woltjen and over 200 shoe manufacturers
- Performers
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Monica Main
Original 15 minute work Co – Authored by Michael Barlow, Michelle Robin Anderson, Philip Mitchell and Bryan Woltjen
Spare Parts Puppet Theatre would like to acknowledge the Western Australian Museum for their generous contribution to the development of this work.
We would like to thank Museum staff including Ian McLeod for their inspiration and creative input.
