You may think you saw a puppet sawn in half! You could be hoodwinked by a card shark puppet! You might even see a puppet rabbit pulled out of a hat! - you just never know what could happen at the Puppets Up! International Festival because, well, It's Magic! This year, as the festival celebrates its 8th season, It's Magic! is the theme and there will be plenty of surprises, slights of hand and mysterious goings on in the streets of Almonte, the quirky little community with a thing for puppets, right at the heart of the Town of Mississippi Mills.
Once again Puppets Up! presents a two-day festival of wonder and amazement as ten professional puppet troupes perform in our family-friendly tented theatres on August 11 and 12. We've got street entertainment galore, along with our fantabulous daily parade of puppets!
How does a little town like Almonte manage to attract some of the best puppet troupes from around the world? Shhhh. It's Magic!
All Creatures Great and SmallPuppets 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 …
Read more...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 …
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That 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 …
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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 …
Read more...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 …
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