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Australia – In celebration of this land, Larrikin Puppets are about to embark on a tour of Guppy’s Early Learning Centres to perform our Australian themed puppet show.
We’re travelling around this hot, brown land to bring laughter and fun to a whole chain of Queensland childcare centres in the lead up to the 26th of January and a little bit after it as well.
Troggg and his puppet friends love performing at childcare centres so we’d love to hear from you if you’re interested in having one of our colourful and fun puppet shows at your childcare centre. Here’s a 30 second video showing all the fun and excitement of a Larrikin Puppets show!
You can find out more details about our childcare puppet shows here:
Brett Hansen and Elissa Jenkins, along with their troupe of friendly and funny puppet characters provide top quality entertainment and fun for childcare centres and kindergartens in and around Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and other parts of South East Queensland.
For our general comedy-variety puppet show, 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.There is an initial 50% deposit to lock in the booking.
This ensures that the chosen booking time is yours, and we’ll knock back others wanting the same date and time. And then the remaining balance can be paid in cash on the day of the event, or via direct deposit afterwards. Details of Payment Methods here.
Description:
Suitable for early childhood, with plenty of humour for the staff and teachers to enjoy too, this is a 30 minute puppet show of songs, games, jokes, skits and comical interaction with the audience. The style of puppetry is a bit like The Muppets and Sesame Street.
Educational content – such as sharing, kindness, exercise, looking after the environment and healthy eating – can also be requested in your booking enquiry. In most cases we are booked to perform our regular fun and exciting puppet show which promotes creative play!
The show is followed by an additional presentation (lasting about 5 minutes) where Brett and Elissa demonstrate to the audience how all the puppets work. Then a 5-10 minute meet-and-greet were the kids can get their photo taken with “Troggg” the blue monster and his little sister “Marina”. All up it’s about a 45 minute performance.
We also offer Story Time with Larrikin Puppets at childcare / kindy, which is a segment in which Elissa reads a children’s book by an Australian author, while Troggg, Frazzamatazz and friends play along with the story. More details about our story time segment here.
For shows where we have been requested to incorporate content on healthy eating and food allergies, this information has been sourced from consultations with expert naturopath and nutritionist Lauren Stark BHSc from Naturally For You Health & Wellness.
On the day:
Puppeteers arrive at the childcare centre 1 hour before the puppet show’s starting time to set up the stage, sound equipment, props and puppets. The show (as described above) is performed for 30 minutes, followed by the 5 minute “how the puppets work” demonstration, and the 5-10 minute meet-and-greet and photo opportunity with Troggg. The puppeteers then pack up the stage and other equipment.
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30 minute puppet show of songs, games, jokes and comical interaction with the audience.
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5 minute “How the puppets work” demonstration.
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5-10 minute puppet meet-and-greet / Photo opportunity with Troggg the blue monster.
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Time allowance for travel to and from, set-up and pack-up of the puppet stage, props, puppets and sound equipment.
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Rehearsal time prior to the event.
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Quality characters.
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Quality puppetry.
Sunkids at Burleigh said, “We had Larrikin Puppets attend our childcare centre last week and absolutely loved it! Brett kept all 106 children in the centre amused and laughing their heads off the entire time! They are still talking about the ‘cute’ and ‘crazy’ puppets! What an amazing show! Thanks Brett can’t wait to have you back!!”.
Beaucare in Beudesert said, “An absolutely fantastic puppet show! The children loved it, lots of laughter and excitement! Brett was very professional in his manner, extremely well organised and engaging with the children. Informative and educational show, the children were delighted to be able to touch the puppets and see how they are manipulated. I recommend Larrikin Puppets, incredible children’s entertainers!”
Larrikin Puppets will also perform at public events at the childcare centre, like centre open days, fetes, and Christmas break up parties.
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612 ABC Brisbane’s Spencer Howson wrote an article for Bmag about Brett Hansen and Larrikin Puppets. See it here.
