For our 2024 -25 season we’re popping up around the city at seven different locations on the first Saturday afternoon, from 1:00 – 3:00 pm of each month (with the exception of December, February and June). Planning on attending all seven Puppet Pop Ups?
Save your tickets and present them at our June Family Puppet Festival Day for FREE entry!
Puppet Pop Up - Dragon -Ogre Puppets
Inspired by the thoughtful book “When the Anger Ogre Visits" by Ivette Salom, we’ll make some ogre-ish dragon shadow puppets. We’ll explore the wonder of shadow and light, silhouette, opacity, a rainbow of transparent colours and the artistry of shadow puppets. In our sharing time, our dragons will portray being angry, because it’s ok to get angry about things, but they’ll practice how be aware of the affect anger has on ourselves and other people.
Facilitator: Wendy Passmore- Godfrey (she/her) is artist, creator and founder and director of WP Puppet Theatre. Shadow puppets are one of her favourite puppet forms. Seeing children discover the science and art of the ancient art form, with roots in China, India, Indonesia, Middle East is wonderful as is the success that every puppet maker can have.
Presenting Partner: We’re thrilled to have the The Perlin Foundation for Wellbeing as our presenting partner for this event. They support mental health literacy and healthy brain development through fun games and engaging kid-friendly activities. For our Puppet Pop Up they're bringing evidence-backed resources and arts-based play to the Deaf & Hear Alberta space for all to enjoy while you attend the workshop. NOTE: we’ve added an extra hour to the program to allow time to enjoy everything.
Location:
Deaf & Hear Alberta
63 Cornell Road Northwest Calgary, AB T2L 0L4
Parking: TBA
Public Transit: TBA
Venue Accessibility: TBA
Cost: Tickets are $10.00 per person. See "Fine Print" below for more details.
Accessibility: We are committed to the purposeful inclusion of all people. We strive to reduce barriers and we value everyone’s participation in our programs. We are part of the City of Calgary Assistance Fee program. Tickets for card holders are $5.00 per person with code "CCAF50" and card holders will be asked to present their cards at the door.
If you identify a different challenge to attendance please contact us – we recognize our limitations as a small organization.
Donations: These allow us to keep our fees affordable! Please add a little extra, 'pay it forward', if you can. Donations over $20 will receive a charitable tax receipt.
Fine Print:
All materials, tools and instruction supplied at no extra cost.
Suitable for ages 5+.
EVERY* person attending is required to purchase a ticket.
*With the exception of babes-in-arms and care-workers .
Tickets sales end 24 hours before the event starts.
Minimum of 5 people are required to run the workshop.
Waiting list is enabled and you will be contacted if a space comes free or we decide to run the workshop again.
WPTS reserves the right to cancel via email notification with 24 hours notice.
If WPTS cancels, tickets will be refunded less service fees.
If guests cancel up to seven days before the event tickets will be refunded less service fees. If guests cancel with less than seven days before the event, or do not attend, no refund will be offered. A tax receipt can be issued upon request.
