SpringWorks PUPPETS! Mini-Fest

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our first summer festival. We had a splendid time. We will be sharing some of our experiences over the next little while. Please let us know your thoughts on social media or drop us an email.

We look forward to more puppet fun in the future.
2018 Puppet Mini-Fest programming follows

Family Puppet Shows

Stratford City Hall Auditorium

Bedtime!

Bedtime is such a challenge! How can a little one go to sleep when everything from blankies to stuffies to books insist on being naughty and keeping him up?

30 minutes, Ages 3 and up

Honest Frankie's Shoreline Review

Frankie the frog is trying to save his rivers, and he needs your help!  Fortunately, he knows that lots of fun and rollicking singalongs are a great way to get people to pitch in.

40 minutes, Ages 3 and up

Puppets Can DANCE!

Can puppets feel passion? A pair of frogs dance to swing music. A duck moves like a ballerina. Dolls made of paper dance the flamenco. Each dance is a bit of magic come to life. 

35 minutes, Ages 5 and up

FREE FUN in MARKET SQUARE

Toopy & Binoo

Maybe the world's most loved cat and mouse friends - Frank Meshkuleit, the original TV voice Good-natured fun  for children of all ages.

Suitable for the entire family.

Gallery Stratford Art Cycle

Traveling art opportunities brought to you by Gallery Stratford

All ages

Garden For Little Ones

An interactive garden full of child-sized activities and sensory experiences. A playground of possibilities.

10 am-4pm, Ages 2-6

Cat Puppet Parade Craft

Join children from around the world who are making versions of this cat puppet. We will be sharing them with UNIMA international puppet association on social media.

All ages

Animate Giant Puppet

Join us ! Bring our 10ft  tall Wolf puppet! to life. All ages are welcome to participate. 

Family Fun

More SpringWorks Fun!

Free Family Fun at Market Square

more details coming soon

Raptors or Victims?

Two inseparable friends... vanished. The only clues are a emptied bag of crumbs by a deserted park bench. Mystery and magic jostle in this tale of friends who enter a new reality.

20 minutes, Ages 4 and up

Shakespeare Jukebox~
30 Second Shakespeares

Silent film meets Puppets meets Shakespeare.  Audience picks the play.  Award -winning puppet theatre artist,  Jon Lachlan Stewart improvises in  30 seconds.  (Busking)

ADULT  PUPPET  THEATRE 

Masonic Hall

Macbeth Muet

Inspired by the visual language of silent film, this adaptation of Macbeth without words flirts with boisterous theatrics and melodrama and draws us into a frantic and hilarious race for power. 

55 minutes, Ages 14 and up