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A Guide to the 2011 Puppets Up! International Puppet Festival

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

2011 Puppets Up! PosterAll Creatures Great and Small

Puppets Up! is all about family fun and since we get a lot of questions from parents and grandparents about festival activities and about what is appropriate for children of different ages, we’ve prepared this Festival Guide.

A Festival for Families

Puppets Up! provides great entertainment for families with children of all ages.  Many of our puppet shows and street entertainers are designed for the …

Nick and the Hoops!

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

Hey gang!  Get ready for some fancy dribblin’ and drabblin’, hoopin’ and swishin’ and all that other stuff!  It’s 3-on-3 time in Almonte!  And for those of you who aren’t sure what that is, or think it’s six tractors having a tug-a-war, think again.  It’s a basketball festival in the streets of our little town this Saturday, August 6th.  And it’s because we know basketball….after all, it was …

All the world’s a stage

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

NickThat guy Shakespeare once wrote “All the world’s a stage” and I couldn’t agree with him more. At Puppets Up! puppets and puppeteers use every nook and cranny for their performances.

Most festival puppet shows take place in tented theatres (with lots of room for kids at the front) scattered all around the downtown core. And some of the big productions take place in the Almonte Old Town Hall. Some …

Sheridan College has discovered Almonte!!

Thursday, July 21st, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Almonte (Town of Mississippi Mills) Ontario, July 21, 2011 — Two students from Sheridan College’s Advanced Special Effects, Makeup, Prosthetics and Props program have arrived in Almonte for a two-week field placement under the supervision of the Puppets Up! International Puppet Festival.

This special course is one of a few of its kind in North America and the only one in the Ontario college system. Through intensive lab …

PUPPETS UP! ROLLS OUT THE WELCOME MAT

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Almonte (Town of Mississippi Mills) Ontario, July 20, 2011 — The Puppets Up! International Festival (August 6 & 7) has posted both its official show schedule and a visitor guide to the festival web site at www.puppetsup.ca.

The festival schedule includes performance times for this year’s 12 visiting troupes. The guide includes key information and links to help festival goers, especially those with young children, plan their fun in …