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!
Almonte (Town of Mississippi Mills) Ontario, July 19, 2011 — UNIMA (Union Internationale de la Marionnette), the international puppet organization that represents over seventy countries, will hold its board meeting in Almonte during the Puppets Up! International Puppet Festival on August 6 and 7, 2011.
Manuel Morán, founder and Artistic Director of the Society of Educational Arts Inc. (SEA) and head of the Teatro SEA (Society of the Educational Arts, Inc.) – Los …
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I just can’t wait for all the crazy street fun that’s going to happen in Almonte at this year’s Puppets Up! Festival. I got a sneak peak at the line up of curb-side entertainers, and it’s too exciting! I can’t sleep just thinking out it. There are jugglers, stilt walkers, face painters, clowns, balloon twisters, musicians and of course….puppets! Talk about fun for the whole family! Jeepers! Oh….And I’ll …
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Almonte (Town of Mississippi Mills) Ontario, July 12, 2011 — For seven years running, the Puppets Up! International Puppet Festival has allowed its well-scrubbed, family friendly reputation to be dragged through the mud – for a couple of hours anyway. Once again, the fresh-faced, youth-oriented festival is turning its Saturday evening stage over to some very bad puppets and some very bad puppeteers.
Puppets Up! presents Au …
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You know, I don’t like to admit it, but sometimes puppets are just bad. I don’t know if something happens to them in their youth, or they are too easily influenced by their puppeteers, or they were just born/made bad. Anyway, a lot of people actually enjoy bad puppets. I secretly do too, but they sometimes make me blush.
This year, the Puppets Up! adults-only puppet cabaret, Au Naturel, will …
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Leapin’ Leprechauns! My toes are still tappin’ to fiddle tunes and Celtic drums in my head! My lucky stars sure were shining bright this past Sunday, July 10th, at Celtfest. I was kicking up my heels and dancing jigs like nobody’s business! At first I wasn’t sure how I’d make out because I don’t speak Irish, but I understood everything in no time at all. They all talk …