Festival of Ideas 2023 Online Bundle

Purchase the online bundle and enjoy all eight online events and a $10 savings! Festival of Ideas 2023 Online Bundle Join us for the **Festival of Ideas 2023 Online Bundle** – a virtual gathering of brilliant minds and creative thinkers! This exciting event will begin on **Fri Nov 24 2023 01:00:00 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time)**, […]

Opening Event – Mix & Mingle – Curatorial Musings (Online Only)

ONLINE

Join Wendy Passmore-Godfrey – Artistic Director & Event Curator – for a FREE online conversation and meet up to kick off our 2023 Festival. Opening Event: Mix & Mingle – Curatorial Musings, on Friday November 24, 2023 at 17:00 hrs MST. Together with WP Puppet Theatre staff, performers, puppeteers and you! we’ll tease apart the […]

Intermissions from England (Online Only)

Get ready for exciting virtual conversation, “Intermissions from England”! Intermissions! an online networking and idea exchange hosted by special guests. Spend an hour of informal conversation, exploring ideas around puppetry and materialism – from those who have everything to those who have nothing, our obsession with stuff, and material metaphors. Intermissions from England will be […]

Puzzle Theatre – Workshop (In person)

cSPACE Marda Loop (formerly cSPACE King Edward) 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, #4th Flr, Calgary, AB, Canada

Join us for an engaging Puzzle Theatre workshop! Puzzle Theatre – Workshop This in-person event will take place on Saturday November 25, 2023 at 10:00 – NOON MST at cSPACE Marda Loop (1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB T2T 6T7) in the 4th Floor RGO Treehouse. In this hands-on workshop, professional puppeteers Pavla Mano and Csaba […]

Riku Laakkonen:”Evolution from a Diaper to Puppet” (In person or Online)

cSPACE Marda Loop (formerly cSPACE King Edward) 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, #4th Flr, Calgary, AB, Canada

Join us for an interesting talk with Riku Laakkonen, a pioneer in the development of communal methods of puppet and object theatre. Riku Laakkonen: “Evolution from a Diaper to Puppet” Zooming in from Finland, Riku shares his work with the elderly in his talk “Evolution from a Diaper to Puppet”, work that aims to de-stigmatize […]

We Are The Shakespeares Of Our Own Lives (In person or Online)

ONLINE

Join Tea as she discusses the stories hidden within objects. Imagine a day in your life when you need to suddenly leave your home forever and you can only pack one suitcase. What will you take? Lots of objects have a practical value, but some of them carry stories about precious moments of our past. […]

Unveiling Post-Consumer Paper’s Potential with Puppets (In Person)

cSPACE Marda Loop (formerly cSPACE King Edward) 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, #4th Flr, Calgary, AB, Canada

In this hands-on workshop for Reggio-inspired educators, participants will discover the storytelling potential of post-consumer papers. Guided by artist and educator Jennifer Stables, participants will delve into the art of crafting handheld mask puppets and exploring their use in the classroom. Participants will be invited to engage with a variety of post-consumer papers (magazines, newspapers, […]

Intermissions from Iowa (In person or Online)

Join fellow puppeteers for exciting discussions! Intermissions! an online networking and idea exchange hosted by special guests. Spend an hour of informal conversation, exploring ideas around puppetry and materialism – from those who have everything to those who have nothing, our obsession with stuff, and material metaphors. Intermissions from Iowa will be ‘Zoom hosted’ by […]

Intermissions from Iowa (In person or Online)

Join fellow puppeteers for exciting discussions! Intermissions! an online networking and idea exchange hosted by special guests. Spend an hour of informal conversation, exploring ideas around puppetry and materialism – from those who have everything to those who have nothing, our obsession with stuff, and material metaphors. Intermissions from Iowa will be ‘Zoom hosted’ by […]

Puzzle Theatre – Disposable (In person or Online)

cSPACE Marda Loop (formerly cSPACE King Edward) 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, #4th Flr, Calgary, AB, Canada

Join us for the finale of the 2023 Festival of Ideas exploration of materials, at Puzzle Theatre’s unique performance, Disposable! Puzzle Theatre – Disposable An object theatre performance with unusual puppets from an unusual material! Date: Saturday, November 25, 2023 Time: 19:00 HRS MST. Duration 1 hour followed by Artists Talk and Discussion We are […]