Archive (2016-2022)
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8 July, 2021Spare Parts Puppet Theatre is launching a milestone series of absolutely free and fabulous community puppetry adventures to celebrate our 40th anniversary year. Supported…
17 March, 2021Miss Lily’s Fabulous Feather Boa showcases a talented young cast with performers Cezera Critti-Schnaars (seen in Yirra Yaakin’s festival hit Hecate) and Ming Yang Lim ( P…
18 September, 2020Spare Parts Puppet Theatre launches new online workshop, making puppetry more accessible than ever Australia’s flagship puppetry company, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre are p…
21 May, 2020To our valued artists, volunteers, audience members and supporters we would like to inform you that we have made further changes to our 2020 program due to the status of…
4 September, 2018We are excited to announce the appointment of Hannah Rule, who will be continuing the tremendous work of our former Producer, Rebecca Nelson. Hannah has seven years of ar…
2 February, 2018SPARE PARTS PUPPET THEATRE CLOSED FOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE Spare Parts Puppet Theatre will be temporarily closed to the public from February 2018 – April 2018 to carry ou…
28 September, 2017Rules of Summer // The West Australian Review Review by Annelies Gartner “Theatregoers were introduced to an array of characters including two marionettes, a beautifully…
26 September, 2017Rules of Summer // Scoop Events Review Review by Adrianna Jakimowicz “One of the highlights of the show was simply hearing the children in the audience laughing or callin…
25 September, 2017Rules of Summer // SeeSaw Magazine Review Review by Varnya Bromilow “The show is warm and funny and joyfully evocative. Truly gorgeous shadow-play is enhanced by the univ…
24 September, 2017Rules of Summer // Weekend Notes Perth Review by Marisa Quinn-Haisu “They’ve created something truly special with this show. The level of audience interaction was great.…
23 September, 2017Rules of Summer // The Theatre Diary Review Review by Gregory Ryan “★★★★★” Based on the graphic novel by the celebrated Shaun Tan, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre’s production…
23 September, 2017Rules of Summer // The Post Newspaper Review Review by Sarah McNeill Several years ago, illustrator Shaun Tan sent Philip Mitchell a draft copy of an 80-page story titled…
23 September, 2017Rules of Summer // Capital Events Theatre Review Review by Erin Hutchinson ” Engaging and exciting storytelling…a true feast for the senses.” Spare Parts Puppet Theatre h…
16 August, 2017We are excited to announce the appointment of Natalie Bell, who will be continuing the tremendous work of our outgoing Executive Producer, Megan Roberts. Natalie is a spe…
5 July, 2017Spare Parts Puppet Theatre has a reputation of wonder. They bring both the minutiae of life and the big ideas to children with their stunning designs, beautiful puppets,…
4 July, 2017The Arrival is a surreal journey of the familiar and bizarre. Echoes of “Life is Beautiful” meets a Miyazaki film – this Spare Parts Puppet piece is hypnotic with a steam…
3 July, 2017A sweet, simple story, beautifully presented and performed. Aki lives with his beloved wife and daughter, and while together they are happy, there are bad things where th…
29 May, 2017Why should the kids have all the fun? Sleep is devised and performed by 3rd Year Performance Making students from WAAPA at the Spare Parts Puppet Theatre 25 & 26 May. Pup…