Bogan Yoga at Newtown Festival

Duckie Blog, Performance Art & Installations

Want to meet women, get fit and learn some new sexual poses? Then bogan yoga is for you! Launching at Newtown Festival on Sunday 10 November, this is sure to be an instant hit. Try your hand at the lawnmower, bacon roll, or get your ‘ute serviced’ (for the more advanced practitioners). Toby’s brain child (and secret desire) is finally …

Jurassic Lounge Becomes Extinct!

Duckie Blog, Performance Art & Installations, Puppetry

              Yeoow! With great sadness, and yet also with great zest, we will be fare-welling Jurassic Lounge TONIGHT. After several fabulous years performing as freaks amongst the dinosaur bones at this iconic event, extinction has caught up with us. We are honoured to be performing our puppet parable ‘Save Me’ at the LAST EVER …

Summer Madness – gigs everywhere!

Duckie Blog, Performance Art & Installations, Puppetry

I’ve been silent for a while and I do apologise – there have been lots of things brewing in the background. And now its time for a big announcement, with so many amazing gigs coming up!   Friday 1 November The Rocks Village Bizarre 6.45-9.45pm Playfair Street, the Rocks I’ll be playing our hapless hero in the Umbrella Theatre favourite, …

Umbrella Theatre’s Wack New Showreel

Duckie Blog, Performance Art & Installations, Puppetry

At long last, I am proud to reveal Umbrella Theatre’s exciting new showreel! The fabulous, traveling, pop – up spectacular puppet extravaganza comes to life! [vimeo http://vimeo.com/70933319] It features all of our most disturbing puppet shows. in order of appearance you will meet; The poor soul, in a bit of a pickle in the ‘choose your own adventure’ style show …

The River Eats

Duckie Art & Event Reviews, Blog, Performance Art & Installations

Hell yeah! I am so excited for this show. The River Eats is the stand out show for me in the Performance Space program this season. Its a surreal, extreme, visual, visceral journey of the psyche. And a little erotic. Justin Shoulder creates amazing theatre with fantastical costumes and characters like nothing I have ever seen before. His creations are …

The Rocks Windmill

Duckie Art & Event Reviews, Blog, Performance Art & Installations, Visual Art

Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority once again proves to be innovate and daring in its public art, historical interpretation and engagement. On Friday I attended the launch of their latest project, the Rocks Windmill. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRX2TKzQ5NI&feature=player_embedded] At first it appears to be an odd diversion, but at second glance there’s a lot more to it. The somehow sexy Costa from Gardening Australia …

Voodoo Fondue Party at Jurassic Lounge

Duckie Blog, Performance Art & Installations

We were lucky to be special guests at Jurassic Lounge for their Black Magic night on Tuesday. As High Priestess Mojo we presented a Voodoo Fondue party. Couldn’t have done it without the help of Gino & Geronimo, who played evil voodoo monkey and priestess for the night. Hundreds of curious people came through the Australian Museum, creating their own …

Body Poet at the Melbourne Comedy Festival

Duckie Blog, Performance Art & Installations, Puppetry

My dear friend Sabrina is the Body Poet. She also specialises in post-socialist, eco-feminist interpretive dance. She’s a much sought after puppeteer in the USA, and prolific in Australia too. Through puppetry, physical theatre and comedy she will surprise and confuse. She’s funny. Haha. Its not just me that thinks so! “Horrifically funny, with an emphasis on horror.” Time Out Melbourne …

Pine St Press & Jurassic Fun!

Duckie Blog, Performance Art & Installations, Puppetry

A few little morsels of puppety goodness for you. First of all, a nice little write up appeared in Mx Magazine about tomorrow’s gig at Pine Street Creative Arts Centre. Come along and start your Friday night the interesting way! Its a stone’s throw away from such fine establishments as the Rose Hotel and Freda’s. Friday 5 April 2013 6.30-9.30pm …