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Ouroboros to Open in Cape Town, South Africa

Janni Younge in association with Handspring Puppet Company presents Ouroboros, a story of a love affair between a dancer and a poet. Using one of the great strengths of the puppetry medium, characters Andre and Nokobonisa are able to appear as multiple versions of themselves. We witness the unfolding drama of their lives from birth to death. Their living interactions form a web of relationships, revealing the interdependence of past, present and future.

Offering a swirling interaction of performers, exquisitely carved puppets, filigree shadow work, animation and original music by Neo Muyanga, Janni Younge's production is now expanded by her new collaboration with Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler of Handspring Puppet Company. The show runs in the Baxter Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa, from 1 to 11 June with tickets costing from R60 To R130.

Book now via Computicket.

The Handspring Puppet Company and UNIMA SA call for artists to submit applications for Iqonga/Platform at the Out The Box Festival 2011

Iqonga (from the Xhosa, meaning "platform, stage") is about collaboration and the exploration of puppetry as a unifying medium in the field of performance. It brings together artists from various backgrounds and creative disciplines for a common purpose - to create experimental short-form puppetry theatre.

Artists are invited to submit proposals for a 12 minute production that will be selected to form part of the 8 piece Iqonga programme. The purpose of Iqonga is to give established and emerging artists an opportunity to experiment with puppetry and visual theatre. Iqonga provides a fully equipped theatre, technical support, stage manager, advertising, puppetry training, a budget for puppet / object building costs and technical puppet-building support. Performances take place between the 3-11 September 2011 at the Out The Box Festival of Puppetry and Innovation, Cape Town, South Africa.

To fill out the on-line application, please click here.

To request email application, or for further information, please email jason@handspringpuppet.co.za.

Application Deadline: Fri 13th May 2011. Successful applicants will be notified on Wed 18th May 2011 via email.

Warhorse opens on Broadway

Internationally acclaimed Warhorse opens at the The Vivian Beaumont Theater in New York on the 14th of April 2011. Previews start 17th March. Puppets by the Handspring Puppet Company. For more information or to book tickets go to: http://www.lct.org.

Handspring Trust

Handspring Trust is a Not-for-Profit organization established by Handspring Puppet Company and its philosophy and ethos reflect those of the internationally renowned theatre troop that is its origin.

Handspring is associated with cutting-edge theatre arts and performance practice as well as experimentation within avant-garde aesthetics and design practice. In seeking to deepen its engagement with the next generation of performers, the Handspring Trust is developing arts and performance initiatives that have explicit developmental, educational and cultural objectives.

To find out more or to make a contribution, contact Jane Taylor at trust@handspringpuppet.co.za.

The Young Blood

Puppet Theatre Makers Janni Young and Jason Potgieter have come onboard at the Handspring Puppet Company as of Jan 2011. Apart from working on several established productions in various capacities, Jason and Janni will be working on a number of new Handspring projects including shows like Ouroboros and Iqonga.

Handspring at TED 2011

Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler, founding members of the Handspring Puppet Co. are talking at TED 2011. TED, (Technology Education and Design) is a global non-profit organization dedicated to ideas worth spreading. This year’s TED conference is themed “The Rediscovery of Wonder” and will host some of the worlds most innovative thinkers. Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler of the Handspring Puppet Co. will be talking on Tue 1 March at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center in Long Beach, California.

For more information go to: http://conferences.ted.com/TED2011/

"Handspring Puppet Company" (Jane Taylor and others) is the first full-length book on Handspring published in South Africa. It explores their work in adult puppet theatre, from Episodes of an Easter Rising (1985) to War Horse, providing insights into their philosophy of puppetry and their technical innovations. It is richly illustrated (full colour, 280 pages 250 photographs)with images from the Handspring archive and includes essays by theatre practitioners and writers who have collaborated with the company over the years.

Available in soft cover (ISBN: 978-0-9814328-3-0 SC) and hard cover (ISBN978-0-9814328-5-4 HC)

To buy the book

International: email hannah@davidkrut.com or go to www.davidkrut.com
South Africa: email dkrut@icon.co.za or go to www.davidkrutpublishing.com

Physical address

Unit D21, Boulevard Way
Capricorn Boulevard North
Capricorn
Cape Town 7945
South Africa
tel: +27 21 709 0516
fax: +27 21 788 8234

General enquiries

email: webmaster@handspringpuppet.co.za

Bookings

Please contact the following people if you are interested in booking Handspring Puppet Company's productions in countries outside Africa:

USA, South America, Australia & Asia

Deirdre Valente
Lisa Booth Management Inc.
145 W 45th Street # 602
New York NY 10036
USA
tel: +1 212 921 2114
fax: +1 212 921 2504
email: artslbmi@msn.com

Europe & United Kingdom

Sarah Ford
Quaternaire
5 rue Gabriel Laumain
Paris 75010
France
tel: +33 153 34 0369
fax: +33 153 01 3836
email: info@quaternaire.org
website: www.quaternaire.org