Rhinoceros
This workshop is an introduction to puppetry wherein the goal is to have the participant walk away with an understanding of the fundamentals of working with puppets of various styles. Most of the work will include manipulation of basic puppets and found objects but we will attempt to cover work with full body and over sized puppets as well as the Japanese style of bunraku. Some of the different styles will involve partnered manipulation. The workshop will also involve improvisations work with much of the focus being on maintaining a narrative.
The Waterloo Renaissance Workshop is hosting a talk by Department postdoctoral fellow, Toby Malone. Toby will discuss his current course of research, which involves the digital, parallel-text codification of the prompt-book collections at the Stratford Festival Archives. Toby will speak to the history of the project and will outline the practical and dramaturgical opportunities that arise from considering theatrical archives as sites of generative work.