Pinocchio Should Have Been a Toothpick – Object Theatre and Comedy

Join the hilarious Belgium puppeteer and street performer, Stéphane Georis, for a puppetry masterclass that will take you into the world of object theatre.

Get in touch with your eccentric tendencies as you look into the heart and soul of everyday objects. A glove, spoon, fork, hat, shoe, toothpick… find out how they are born, how they live and how they die!

Learn to give everyday objects a voice, a look, a personal gesture and rhythm whilst developing poetic dialogue between a puppet and its master.

Stéphane explores the tension between the performer and the object. He grants much more kudos and importance to the puppeteer as they accept the challenge of manipulating strange objects.

Who is it for? Puppeteers, Actors, Performers, writers, directors.
How long? 2 days 26th and 27th November 2011
How many? Max 15 participants
How much? $220 inc. GST
Booking on 08 93355044

After studying briefly at Institut des Arts de Diffusion in Louvain-La-Neuve, Stéphane Georis spent 3 years studying Fine Arts at St Lukes Liege in Belgium. After graduating, he literally ‘hit the streets’, perfecting the art of street theatre – from juggling learned at the Ecole de Cirque in Brussels and roving performance with French company Les Balladins du Mirror, to clowning around with America’s Daniel Gulko and Bread & Puppet Theatre. In 1986, with his wife Genevieve Cabodi, he founded the puppet theatre Chemins de Terre, and has since presented performances in over 25 different countries from Argentina to Singapore, from Finland to Tunisia. Stéphane plays, he sings, he dances, he invents and most importantly he manipulates objects and puppets, creating moments of stunning madness, laughter and delirium.

Stéphane will also be presenting his performance ‘Adam’ – 16th to 20th November at Spare Parts Puppet Theatre as part of the Fremantle Festival.

Throughout the year Spare Parts Puppet Theatre will be offering Professional Development for artists, teachers and other interested participants.

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