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 - Monkeys
"If I were a monkey, I’d swing from the trees, no one would say, settle down please! "
(poem by Jacqueline Jules)
Celebrate Alberta Culture Days with us by making a puppet! Participants will make a moving mouth monkey puppet, using our ready-made templates. Personalize with ephemera, paint, and coloured paper to make it you own. Add a monkey voice and a favourite expression, then join in with your new monkey friend as we video the affirmation poem "If I were a monkey”.
Facilitator: Sara McNeill (she/her) is an AU graduate who loves puppets and art. She’s often seen performing her special brand of creative wackiness at the Festival of Animated Objects and Dolly Wiggler as well as other artsy events around Calgary. We are thrilled to welcome her back to WPTS as a Puppet Pop Up facilitator!
Location:
The Alcove Centre for the Arts
244 - 7 Avenue Southwest Calgary, AB T2P 0W6
Parking: Affordable parking is located at: Bow Parkade (right next to the Alcove) has a flat rate of $3 during weekends and TD Core’s Underground Parkade (745 4 St SW, Calgary, AB T2P 4K9) has free 3-hour parking all day on weekends, with a $2 flat rate for longer stays.
Public Transit: Alcove Centre for the Arts is across from the 3rd St station.
Venue Accessibility: There are no steps to enter the Alcove from the main/front door entrance. There are 2 washrooms. They do not have a step, and include both a toilet and sink. However, they aren’t wide enough to be certified as wheelchair accessible.
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 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.
Sara’s samples - Lemur, Chimpanzee and Gorilla
