Puppet Theatre in South Africa - Revision history

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South African puppetry in the 21st century

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 * The [[Handspring Trust]] which was re-established in 2010 to build skills in puppetry amongst impoverished children and youth as well as amongst young, emerging and professional artists.
-* The [[Living Landscape Project]] (developed by [[University of Cape Town]] [[[UCT]]] and [[Magnet Theatre]]) based in Clanwilliam. The project holds an annual spring lantern parade. For this event, children from the community of Clanwilliam build puppets and lanterns based on San/Bushman iconic figures.
+* The [[Living Landscape Project]] (developed by [[University of Cape Town]] and [[Magnet Theatre]]) based in Clanwilliam. The project holds an annual spring lantern parade. For this event, children from the community of Clanwilliam build puppets and lanterns based on San/Bushman iconic figures.
 * [[Jungle Theatre]] creates puppetry and physical theatre based on educational themes of environmental awareness. [[Jungle Theatre]] also has a training programme where they develop performance and puppetry skills amongst young performers.

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 * [[Puppetry South Africa]]’s Active Puppets programme also produced a series of giant puppets, which were widely featured at events surrounding the World Cup.
-* [[Daniel Poppers]] first developed his super-giant Pop Puppets for the [[Afrikaburn]] event. His puppets, which often exceed 4 metres in height, are also regularly fitted with lighting mechanisms, allowing them to glow in night parades.
+* [[Daniel Poppers]] first developed his super-giant Pop Puppets for the [[AfrikaBurn]] event. His puppets, which often exceed 4 metres in height, are also regularly fitted with lighting mechanisms, allowing them to glow in night parades.
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 * [[Puppetry South Africa]]’s Active Puppets programme also produced a series of giant puppets, which were widely featured at events surrounding the World Cup.
-* [[Daniel Poppers]] first developed his super-giant Pop Puppets for the [[Africa Burns]] event. His puppets, which often exceed 4 metres in height, are also regularly fitted with lighting mechanisms, allowing them to glow in night parades.
+* [[Daniel Poppers]] first developed his super-giant Pop Puppets for the [[Afrikaburn]] event. His puppets, which often exceed 4 metres in height, are also regularly fitted with lighting mechanisms, allowing them to glow in night parades.
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 == Puppetry and education ==
-Puppetry is often used as an educational tool, as reflected in the activities of AREPP (African Research and Educational Puppetry Program)  International links are retained by local puppeteers through affiliate membership of UNIMA (Union Internationale de la Marionette). It is taught at a number of institutions, including the [[University of Stellenbosch]] and [[Tshwane University of Technology]].
+Puppetry is often used as an educational tool, as reflected in the activities of [[AREPP]] (African Research and Educational Puppetry Program). AREPP was established by [[Gary Friedman]] in 1987. ''[[Puppets Against AIDS]]'' was their first large project, which began performing and conducting peer-group community educational workshops in 1988 to promote HIV/AIDS awareness in the townships and in the workplace throughout South Africa, working with puppeteers who perform in local languages. This programme and its techniques have been presented in Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Kenya, Réunion, as well as in Canada, Australia, France and Germany. [[AREPP]] is now run by [[Gordon Bilbrough]] with artistic director [[Brigid Shutz]]. They continue to be an important force in South African puppetry and education.
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+International links are retained by local puppeteers through affiliate membership of [[UNIMA]] (Union Internationale de la Marionette).
 ==Sources on [[Puppetry]] and [[Marionettes]] in South Africa==

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 [[The Puppet People]], formed by [[Jacqueline Domisse]] and [[Cathy Dodders]] in 1991 in Cape Town, are well known for their original African stories using rod and string puppets and masks and their highly theatrical adaptations of Native American, Aboriginal Australian and other world stories.
-Other prominent and influential puppeteers and puppet-makers have included [[Jill Joubert]], [[Janni Younge]],  [[Roger Titley]], [[Hansie Visagie]], [[Hilette Stapelberg]] and [[Craig Leo]].
+Other prominent and influential puppeteers and puppet-makers have included [[Jill Joubert]], [[Janni Younge]],  [[Roger Titley]], [[Hansie Visagie]], [[Hilette Stapelberg]], [[Jason Potgieter]], [[Marty Kintu]], [[Tali Cervati]], [[Chuma Sopotela]], [[Gabriel Marchand]], [[Cindy Mkaza]] and [[Craig Leo]].
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 * The [[Giant Match Association]], a group from the township Orange Farm who were trained by Les Grandes Personnes (based in Aubervilliers, France), have toured the country performing regularly at parade events.
-* [[Rodger Titley]]’s Creatures have paraded in their hundreds at various national and international events and include the giant elephants and dung beetle featured at the closing ceremony of the 2010 World Cup.
+* [[Roger Titley]]’s Creatures have paraded in their hundreds at various national and international events and include the giant elephants and dung beetle featured at the closing ceremony of the 2010 World Cup.
 * [[Puppetry South Africa]]’s Active Puppets programme also produced a series of giant puppets, which were widely featured at events surrounding the World Cup.

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	* [[Rainbow Puppet Theatre]], a Steiner-based puppetry group, performs for children on a weekly basis.		* [[Rainbow Puppet Theatre]], a Steiner-based puppetry group, performs for children on a weekly basis.
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		+	* The [[Giant Match Association]], a group from the township Orange Farm who were trained by Les Grandes Personnes (based in Aubervilliers, France), have toured the country performing regularly at parade events.
		+	* [[Rodger Titley]]’s Creatures have paraded in their hundreds at various national and international events and include the giant elephants and dung beetle featured at the closing ceremony of the 2010 World Cup.
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		+	* [[Puppetry South Africa]]’s Active Puppets programme also produced a series of giant puppets, which were widely featured at events surrounding the World Cup.
		+	* [[Daniel Poppers]] first developed his super-giant Pop Puppets for the [[Africa Burns]] event. His puppets, which often exceed 4 metres in height, are also regularly fitted with lighting mechanisms, allowing them to glow in night parades.

	===Out The Box Festival===		===Out The Box Festival===