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Larrikin Puppets in Banana Shire Council

By Brett Hansen September 11, 2018

Larrikin Puppets are visiting the Banana Shire as part of the First 5 Forever program, a State Government initiative. They are performing in Biloela at the “Family Fun in the Park” event (14 Sep), and in Baralaba (11 Sep), Moura (12 Sep) and Taroom (13 Sep). The First 5…

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Larrikin Puppets in Boyne Valley, QLD

By Brett Hansen September 10, 2018

After performing in Hervey Bay at the Teddy Bear’s Picnic – a community family fun day organised by Condy Park Kindergarten, we set off on our journey to our next destination – Boyne Valley. We travelled on unsealed dirt roads to our accommodation in Ubobo last night, then…

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New Puppet Van | Larrikin Puppets

By Brett Hansen September 7, 2018

Troggg has a brand new puppet van! Eventually we’ll get it all wrapped with our colourful branding and imagery. We do so many regional trips and tours these days. It was time for an upgrade from the hatchback. You can book Larrikin Puppets for puppet shows, story…

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Happy World Puppetry Day and Harmony Day

By Brett Hansen March 21, 2018

Troggg and Flossy wish you a Happy World Puppetry Day and a Happy Harmony Day from the second destination on our 2018 Regional Queensland tour – Maryborough! #Troggg #Flossy #LarrikinPuppets #puppetry #puppetshow #puppets #QLD #Australia #puppetsontour2018 #worldpuppetryday #worldpuppetrydaytour2018 #harmonyday #bribietorockypuppetrytour #Maryborough…

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Puppet People and Queensland Theatre of Puppetry

By Brett Hansen January 22, 2018

This week, we took the time to visit Puppet People: A Snapshot of Australian Puppetry – an exhibit at the Tony Gould Gallery in the Cremorne Theatre, QPAC. We saw puppets by Peter Scriven (Marionette Theatre of Australia), David Hamilton, Phillip Edmiston (The Queensland Marionette Theatre), Bill & Barbara…

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2017 Puppet Highlights – Larrikin Puppets

By Brett Hansen December 21, 2017

In 2017 Larrikin Puppets turned 5 years old. And what great adventures we had this year! Here are all of our puppet highlights from each month of 2017.   January – Three final puppet shows at Woodford Folk Festival, after a full week of performances there.

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Christmas 2017 with Larrikin Puppets

By Brett Hansen December 21, 2017

Elissa and I have had another very busy period in the lead up to Christmas, with puppet shows in childcare centres, libraries, staff Christmas parties, and a series of larger festival events and a shopping centre. This has included a couple of memorable shows in Central Queensland. At…

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Frazzamatazz in Townsville, Airlie Beach and Springbrook

By Brett Hansen September 28, 2017

Brett and Elissa recently took two weeks off for a “reef to rainforest” holiday. They visited family up in Townsville before exploring the Whitsundays and the Great Barrier Reef (including snorkelling at Hook Island, swimming at Whitehaven Beach and cocktails on Hamilton Island). Then they went down south…

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Australian Puppetry Exhibition at QPAC (QLD)

By Brett Hansen September 28, 2017

A free puppetry exhibition called “Puppet People: A snapshot of Australian Puppetry” is being held at the Tony Gould Gallery at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (Brisbane) from 10 Oct 2017 – 27 Jan 2018. Some of the puppets on display at the exhibition have been lent by South Australian…

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