If you’re looking for fun ideas for childcare centre incursions you can’t go past a visit from Larrikin Puppets and our colourful, fluffy, Muppet-style puppets.
Since our formation in 2012, Larrikin Puppets has performed at all Avenues and Guppy’s Early Learning Centres, a large number of Goodstart Early Learning Centres, C&K and Sunkids centres and many other independent childcare centres and kindergartens all over South East Queensland.
We’ve completed three months of professional development in the USA, which included performances and advanced training with Jim Henson puppeteers from The Muppets and Sesame Street.
We also perform in shopping centres, libraries, council festivals and schools all over South East Queensland and Central Queensland, and have performed puppetry on such children’s TV shows as Totally Wild, The Bureau of Magical Things and Juiced TV.
We present a colourful and exciting puppet show for childcare centre incursions, featuring zany Muppet-style characters performing age appropriate songs, skits, jokes, games and live interaction with the audience. The puppets encourage the audience to dance, sing and play along. There’s also a “How the puppets work” demonstration at the end.
We also offer our Story Time puppet show featuring a story book by one of three Australian children’s authors – read by Elissa with puppets role modelling active listening and supporting comprehension through questions and comments. Plus there’s a story sing-along.
Total duration: 45 minutes.
Here’s a fun 30 second video showing all the excitement of our shows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq-wL_v5mBY
Cost Options:
Two performers; Brett Hansen and Elissa Jenkins –
$475 (all regions in South East Queensland).
Same price for regular puppet show and Story Time puppet show.
One performer; Brett Hansen –
$350 (Moreton Bay Region, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast Region, Shire of Noosa).
$350 + $25 travel surcharge ($375) – City of Gold Coast, Logan City, Ipswich City, Somerset Region.
For those with a smaller budget we offer a simpler show with just one performer without the female characters.
Having the two puppeteers (Elissa and Brett) means more gender balance with some female puppet characters and more audience interaction. If that doesn’t suit your budget, the solo shows (just Brett) with “Troggg” and the gang are just as dynamic and exciting.
Cost Covers:
– Two performers or One performer.
– 30 minute puppet show of songs, games, jokes and comical interaction with the audience (plus the story and story sing-along for the Story Time show).
– 5 minute “How the puppets work” demonstration.
– 10 minute puppet meet-and-greet / Photo opportunity.
– Time allowance for travel to and from venue.
– Load in, set-up and pack-down of the puppet stage, props, puppets and sound equipment.
– Rehearsal time prior to the event.
– Quality characters.
– Quality puppetry.
Our puppet stage is 2.5 metres wide, plus the two speakers – making our front of stage roughly 3 metres to 3.5 metres in total. We use about 1.5 to 2 metres behind the stage to set up our puppets, props, seat and ourselves for performing. We use one powerpoint.
Blue Card and Insurance:
My Blue Card number is 1161011/3, Elissa’s is 690261/3. We have public liability insurance through Duck For Cover Entertainers Insurance.
Please let us know if you’d like to book in a puppet show as one of your childcare centre incursions, and whether you’d like our ‘One Performer’ or ‘Two Performer’ option… Or if you’d like the Story Time show.
