Phantasmagoria

A new book by one of the modern masters of the Magic Lantern sounds intriguing...

"...and think of Russia"

A very sweet, moving animation - with a moral...

Video Highlights of Toy Theatre Exhibition

From Google Video, comes this glimpse into a toy theatre exhibition last year; audio has some background noise, but for those of us who rarely if ever get to attend such things, it was worth listening a bit closer to catch it all... In the Spring of 2005, we archived a toy theatre exhibition of worldwide importance. It took place at the Lanchester Gallery, Coventry University. The intended audience was a web version for webcasting that we encoded for and also for inclusion on DVDs to promote the centre as a leader in cultural conventions. A puppet theatre performance was directed by Robert Poulter of the 18th century nautical melodrama 'Black-eyed Susan'. As well as the performance, many paintings were on exhibit, some quite rare. We recorded some of the performance and interviews with some of the attendees, which included an actor that once appeared in a major television 'soap' and a curator of a major Museum in London.

School Kids Learn Through Toy Theatre

Toy Theatre Workshop

Reader Andrew sends word about a workshop starting November 20th:

I thought you and your readers might be interested to know that The Toronto School of Puppetry is running a special four day Toy Theatre Workshop...

Thanks for letting us know, Andrew - looks like a great opportunity to learn and have fun!

Legacy Revisited

Back in January I posted about Gigi Sandberg's generous donation of her large toy theatre collection.

You can see some of the collection online...