On Saturday, 10 June 2017, Elissa and I had a lovely time with our children’s entertainment and activity provider industry peers at the 2017 National What’s On 4 Kids Conference and Awards. The guest speakers at the conference taught us a lot about our industry and all the…
Read MoreTriple J Unearthed High Indigenous Initiative Winner Tia Gostelow has a brand new single out called, “That’s What You Get”. The song’s music video features puppets, and Larrikin Puppets (Brett Hansen & Elissa Jenkins) performed puppetry in it!…
Read MoreSupport Larrikin Puppets entry into 2017 Queensland Small Business Week social media competition by liking our video Larrikin Puppets wants to bring play to workforces with Puppets At Work, our new corporate arm. To help make this happen, please support our entry into the 2017 Queensland Small…
Read MoreLarrikin Puppets had the great honour and privilege of being chosen as corporate entertainment for the cast and company of My Fair Lady (Opera Australia), directed by Dame Julie Andrews. Our puppet show was held on the rooftop terrace at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) on…
Read MorePreviously we wrote a blog post about how Larrikin Puppets was nominated in the national What’s On 4 Kids Awards in the ‘Best Party Entertainment’ category. Well, thanks to all of your votes, we are now a finalist in that category! Thank you very much, everybody!…
Read MoreCaboolture film maker Gabor Kukucska set himself a challenge to make 52 short documentaries in 2017. That’s one per week! These documentaries are about inspirational people. And one of these people is Queensland puppeteer Brett Hansen – founder of Larrikin Puppets. From childhood…
Read MoreLarrikin Puppets is a nominee in the national What’s On 4 Kids 2017 Awards sponsored by Di Bella Coffee. We’ve been nominated in the ‘Best Children’s Party Entertainment’ category, sponsored by…
Read MoreFeedspot Blog Reader have kindly listed Larrikin Puppets on their Top 75 Puppet Blogs and Websites for Puppeteers and Puppet Designers. You can find the full list here at: http://blog.feedspot.com/puppet_blogs/ And behold – the grand Puppet Blogs medal of honour –…
Read MoreMonitor puppetry is the style of puppetry developed by Jim Henson for performance on film and television productions. Unlike traditional live performance puppetry, the puppeteers don’t look at their puppets. They perform their characters up high above their heads, and watch their puppetry in a TV monitor. This enables the…
Read MoreLarrikin Puppets are very much looking forward to working with the Queensland staff of Happy Feet Fitness in February. Happy Feet Fitness is a wonderful organisation that teaches kids about fitness and healthy choices through fun songs, dancing and games. There’s also an element…
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