Feb 13, 2019
This week we go BIG with the renowned puppetry director and new
author of the book Puppetry: How to Do It - Mervyn Millar! Mervyn
worked extensively with Handspring Puppet Company in the original
productions of War Horse, and trained countless touring casts to
follow in his footsteps. Projects taken on by his own company,
Significant Object, include Bermingham Rep's The Lion, the Witch,
and the Wardrobe, international sensation Circus 1903, and Paul
McCartney's Appreciate.
The guys will talk about why the theater must train its puppeteers
to go beyond rote, rehearsed movement and how to talk to producers
about bringing on puppetry directors onto a show involving puppets.
Of course, they also talk about Mervyn's new book of rehearsal
exercises, which he wrote in the hopes of bringing this often-niche
art form to the masses.
For show notes and mentions, visit
PuppetTears.com/MervynMillar
Release date: February 12, 2019
Hosted by Adam Kreutinger & Cameron Garrity