Larrikin Puppets are award-winning Australian children’s entertainers! We perform colourful and exciting puppet shows, songs and stories for stage and screen. We also deliver fun, educational and interactive puppetry workshops.
Our fast-paced, feel-good puppetry encourages audiences to talk, play, sing, and dance along. Our shows feature zany characters, catchy songs, and celebrate fun, kindness and diversity while nurturing child development.
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A Very Special Larrikin Puppets Announcement
Larrikin Puppets at QAGOMA for
Make, Believe, Magic:
The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company!
We’re excited to announce that Larrikin Puppets is part of the program for Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company at Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art!
We’ll be performing in QAGOMA’s Queensland Puppetry Showcase, presented by Screen Queensland, as part of their Family Fun Days.
Saturday 26 September 2026
Queensland Puppetry Showcase
Cinema B, GOMA
10:15am – 10:45am
11:15am – 11:45am
Sunday 24 January 2027
Queensland Puppetry Showcase
Cinema B, GOMA
10:15am – 10:45am
11:15am – 11:45am
Meet the Puppets!
Then in the afternoon, come and Meet the Puppets at Bodhi Tree Terrace, where we’ll be running a drop-in puppetry activation from 1:00pm – 2:00pm.
We’ll see you at GOMA!
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Zietta and the Little Larrikins:
Now Booking for 2027 Theatre Season
Zietta and the Little Larrikins is our exciting Australian children’s theatre production, combining puppetry, comedy, music and audience interaction in a colourful live show for young audiences.
Yompers! New Kids TV Series Available
for Commissioning or Private Investment
Yompers is a proposed kids TV series exploring the social and community lives of children aged 5–9 in a whimsical multi-species world.
Four wise, hilarious and endangered animal Yompers run a vacation care centre, each with a colourful backpack containing their own special item.
The series is set in a whimsically restored World War II bunker beside the ocean in a fantastical version of Australia. The world was inspired by the abandoned grey concrete bunkers of Bribie Island and reimagined as a unique Vacation Care Centre.
The characters are calling to impart wisdom and explore themes connected with HASS, community and the social world around children.
The theme song is by Australian rock legends Regurgitator.
It takes a Yomper to raise a community.
Larrikin Puppets at
Melbourne International Comedy Festival!
In April 2026, Larrikin Puppets made our Melbourne debut at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, performing our interactive Kids Comedy Puppet Show at Kindred Studios in Yarraville.
We presented 16 performances and welcomed more than 500 children and family members through the doors.
Troggg, Marina and their puppet friends brought comedy, songs and plenty of audience interaction to the festival, including our original song Power Power and a surprise grand finale featuring up to 100 puppets!
A huge thank you to all the families, friends and supporters who came along to see us.
New Videos On Our Kids YouTube Channel!
Watch Old MacDonald Had A Farm, The Wheels On The Bus and Baby Shark now!
Larrikin Puppets presented a talk at
TEDx Brisbane!
On 14 October 2023, Elissa and Troggg presented a talk at TEDx Brisbane as part of the theme The Power of Intention.
Their talk explored an important question: What is our intention when it comes to the art of puppetry?
A huge thank you to Juanita, Rob and everyone at TEDx Brisbane for the opportunity.
Our Services
Our puppeteers – married couple Brett Hansen and Elissa Jenkins – have received advanced training in the USA under Jim Henson puppeteers from The Muppets and Sesame Street!
We provide professional puppetry entertainment and workshops for children, families, schools, libraries, childcare centres, festivals, shopping centres, pubs, clubs and corporate events.
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Larrikin Puppets Wins BEST KIDS LIVE SHOW
At 2021 National Industry Awards
Larrikin Puppets won BEST KIDS LIVE SHOW at the 2021 national What’s On 4 Kids Awards.
We also received two additional awards: Best Local School Aged Activity (5–12 years) – People’s Choice Winner and Highly Commended.
A huge thank you to all our fans and to the judges who recognised our work.
Best Kids Live Show
Sponsored by What’s On 4 Kids.
Best Local School Aged Activity (5–12 years)
Sponsored by Australian Children’s Activities Association.
Awards, Memberships & Accreditation
- Winner – Creative Industries Award, Pumicestone Business Excellence Awards (2026)
- Winner – Best Kids Live Show, National What’s On 4 Kids Awards (2021)
- People’s Choice Winner – Best Local School-Aged Activity (5–12 Years), National What’s On 4 Kids Awards (2021)
- Highly Commended Winner – Best Local School-Aged Activity (5–12 Years), National What’s On 4 Kids Awards (2021)
- Winner – BizCover NEIS Change Award, Small Business Development Conference (2015)
