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20th UNIMA CONGRESS &
WORLD PUPPETRY FESTIVAL
AT A GLANCE

When: April 2-12
Where: Perth, Australia

MASTER CLASSES:
Petr Matásek (Czech Republic) $250
Nori Sawa (Japan) $250
Neville Tranter (Netherlands) $16 mon 9th
Joan Baixas (Spain) 9 days $350
Stéphane Georis (Belgium) 11th $16
Richard Bradshaw (Australia) 7th $16

PANEL DISCUSSIONS:
Novice to Master – contrasting journeys in training Valeria Correa, Penny Francis and Peter J Wilson 3rd 11 AM
Solo Journeys Richard Bradshaw, Neville Tranter and others 11th 11AM
Cross Cultural Journeys Joan Baixas, Sam Cook, Dadi Pudumjee, Nori Sawa and Massimo Schuster 5th 3 pm
Map Makers Eileen Blumenthal, Jacques Trudeau, Margaret Williams 5th 5 pm
In Your Neighbourhood – puppets telling stories in communities Meg Amsden, Lara Cruickshank, Sue Giles and I Made Sidia
The Animating Spark - digital puppetry and other forms Tom Lubin, Philip Millar, Alan Murphy and Chrissie Parrott
Envoys of Wellbeing – health promotion with puppets  Jenny Maughan, Phylemon Odhiambo Okoth, Paulene Smith
Shared Passage – authorship in puppetry Sarah Kreigler, Petr Matásek, Sally Richardson
Crossing Boundaries Neill Gladwin, Deborah Hunt, Kusunoki Tsubame and Jessica Wilson 3rd 5 pm
Tradition to Today Matthew Cohen, Jai Hartnell and others 4th 5 pm

WORKSHOPS:
Triangular Creativity Kusunoki Tsubame (Japan) Sat 5:  2:30pm 50
World of Paper Gary Friedman & Sharon Gelber (Australia) 10th 9:30 75
Puppetry for TV Philip Millar (Australia) Fri 11:  10:00am 75
The Shadow Maker  I Made Sidia (Indonesia) 8th 10am 50
Dividing the Beats Duda Paiva (Netherlands) 9th 10am 50
Visual Narrative and the Object Sue Giles & Jessica Wilson (Australia) 7th 50
Behind the Mask Deborah Hunt (Puerto Rico) 4th 50
Aussie Bush Puppets Sandy McKendrick (Australia) 11th 50
Environmental Puppetry Meg Amsden (United Kingdom) 3rd 50
Behind the Australian Screen Richard Bradshaw (Australia) 7th 2 PM 50
Therapeutic Puppetry – Jenny Maughan (Australia) 4th 2:30 PM 50
Learning to be Led Frank Newman (Australia) 9th 2:30 50
Drumming and Puppets for a Healthy Africa hylemon Odhiambo Okoth(Kenya) 11th 2:30 50
Hardware / Software – Material / Puppet Manipulation Lara Cruickshank & Gabrielle Griffin (Krinkl Theatre) (Australia) 2nd 2:30 50

Thanks to Steve Abrams for preparing this page.