| Top
of page |
| TRAINING |
| August 1996 - August
1998 |
In Bandung, West Java,
studying Mask dances of Cirebon & Wayang Golek
(traditional rod puppet technique) |
| April - May 1995 |
In Java, Short courses
in wayang kulit (shadow puppets) and wayang golek |
| 1994- 2000 intermittently |
Voice tuition
from L.D. Frazier and Joyce Wren |
| 1992-93 |
Desmond Jones School
of Mime and Physical Theatre |
| 1991-92 |
Postgraduate Certificate
of Education (Art & Design), Middlesex University |
| 1991 |
Six month trip to
India learning traditional leather shadow puppet
making and marionette operation |
| 1990-96
(at various times) |
Courses in mime,
mask, movement, giant puppet building and lantern making,
puppet operation (general), marionette operation, carving
and TV puppetry skills, (Little Angel Marionette
Theatre, City Literary Institute, Scottish Mask and
Puppet Centre, and various other venues). Tutors include
Ronald Wilson, Lorna Marshall, Christopher Leith, Jane
Eve, Welfare State International, Stephen Mottram, Francis
Wright, Ultimate Animates (Dave Barclay & Mike Quinn). |
| 1990-91 |
Postgraduate studies
in Public Art & Design, Chelsea School of Art
& Design |
| 1984-87 |
B.A. (Hons.) Design
- Stained Glass & Printmaking, Edinburgh College
of Art |
| 1983-84 |
Foundation Course
in Art & Design (credit), Humberside College of
Art & Design |
| Top
of page |
| FILM/TELEVISION |
October 2002 &
February 2003 |
Boudoir Dolls
(COSPROP), Marionettist, short film in progress |
| Spring/Summer 2002 |
The Sleeping Beauty
(COSPROP), Marionettist |
| October 2001 |
Pod’s Mission
Shadow puppeteer (Broadcast BBC2, February 02) |
| September 2000 |
The Storymakers,
(CBBC CBeebies), Deviser &/or operator of rodstring
& shadow puppets for 15 x 3-min. stories for 3-5 yr.olds |
| July 2000 |
The Children’s
Midsummer Night's Dream, (SANDS FILMS) marionettist
|
| November 1999 |
The K Club,
(BBC KNOWLEDGE), Shadow puppet demonstrator |
| Jan 1999 |
The Moon Princess
(COSPROP), Marionettist, Short film in progress |
| Dec 1998 |
The Tale of the
Rat that Wrote (BLUE ORANGE PRODUCTIONS), Puppeteer
(Short film) |
| November 1995 |
The Guru and the
Water Carrier (TETRA FILMS/ KABUTAR) Shadow puppeteer
|
| September 1995 |
Eyewitness
(CAFE PRODUCTIONS) Puppeteer of Javanese shadows |
| February 1995 |
Watch (BBC2,
SFTV PRODUCTIONS), Rod puppet demonstrator |
| Top
of page |
| THEATRE
EXPERIENCE |
|
Since November 2005
|
The Lost Forest (INDIGO MOON) Rod
and shadow puppeteer touring schools, theatres and arts
venues
|
Since November 2002 |
The Worm That Squirmed (INDIGO MOON)
Rod puppeteer of Indonesian Wayang Golek, storyteller
(& prop maker) touring schools, theatres /
arts venues
|
Since July 2002 |
The Pink Centipede
(INDIGO MOON) Actress, touring schools, theatres / arts
venues
|
| Since 1992 (ongoing) |
Saraswati - Dancing
Marionette from Rajasthan (now INDIGO MOON) Marionettist,
usually accompanied by live sitar or tabla, having performed
at many cabarets, theatres, festivals and schools in
Britain (including the Millennium Dome) and abroad.
Featured on BBC2 (Diwali Lights, Fulcrum Productions,1994)
and Indonesian National TV (Kabar Kabari, RCTI,
1997) |
| December 1997 - October
2001 |
The Catfish and
the Witch (INDIGO MOON) In Indonesia known as Bulu
Entimuk & Bulu Kenyuang. Designed and made batik
screen & shadow puppets, co-directed , used own voices
and performed as shadow puppeteer. Toured in Java, Bali
and Britain. |
| December 1999 & January
2000 |
Maria Marten (V&A
MUSEUM, CLOWES-TILLER- MARIONETTES) Marionettist , Theatre
Museum's gala performance at the Britten Theatre,including
working to the voices of Diana Quick, Gary Kemp & Joanna
Lumley |
| Since September 1998 |
Intermittent work
in progress, Telling Tales with Toys (KABUTAR) |
| November 1995 - July
1996 |
The Singing Turtle
(KABUTAR) Puppeteer (Rod & Shadow, with live voice)
Also made rod puppets |
| April & July 1996 |
Clowes-Tiller Marionettes
(THEATRE GROTESQUE) Assistant marionettist |
| April 1996 |
Indian Puppets
(ISHWAR MATTUR) Assistant Marionettist |
| March 1996 |
H.G. Wells’
Kitchen House of Horrors Toy Theatre Collaboration
with Musician CLIVE BELL |
| August 1995 |
Layla - Majnun
(SOUNDS BAZAAR MUSIC THEATRE CO.) Shadow puppeteer.
Also designed & made projected scenery |
| January - February
1995 |
Eva Luna (WOODEN
TONGUES THEATRE CO.) Rod puppeteer (with live voice).
Also designed & made puppets |
| November - December
1994 |
The Fool’s
Disciples (KABUTAR) Shadow puppeteer.(with live
voice). Also designed & made shadow puppets & scenery
|
| June - September 1994
|
Eel Pie (PUPPETWORKS)
Rod Puppeteer (with live voice) |
| May - July 1994 |
The Nine Pointed
Crown (LITTLE ANGEL THEATRE) Rod/Glove puppeteer |
| Dec 1993 - May 1994 |
The Princess Labam
(KABUTAR) Shadow puppeteer (with live voice) |
| January - March 1994
& February - March 1995 |
The Secret of the
Purple Dye (SPIRO PUPPET COMPANY) Rod Puppeteer
(with live voice) |
| November 1993 - December
1994 |
TheThree Billy
Goats Gruff (MOVINGSTAGE) Rod puppeteer |
| August - November
1993
(Tour May - June 1994) |
All He Fears
by Howard Barker (MOVINGSTAGE MARIONETTE CO.) Marionettist
Toured to Mainz, Germany during British Theatre Week |
| July 1992 |
Faust’s Laboratory
(JANE EVE) Rod puppeteer, London International Festival
of Street Theatre |
| June 1992 |
The Bird (SPIRO
THEATRE OF ANIMATION) Rod Puppeteer |
| Top
of page |
| OTHER
MAKING EXPERIENCE |
| March - April 2000 |
Creator / implementer
of interactive shadow puppet workshop package (THEATRE
MUSEUM, Covent Garden) including training staff |
| October - December
1998 |
Arabian Nights
(YOUNG VIC THEATRE CO.) Designed and made rod puppets
(First In-House production). Also puppetry consultant
for this production |
| October 1992 |
Assistant scenery
painter/collager for PUPPETWORKS |
| February 1991 |
Co-created dragon
for the CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTRE’s New Year celebrations
in Leicester Square |
| Sep 1990 |
Created one person
carnival-size Amazonian canoe lantern for WELFARE STATE
INTERNATIONAL (Result of two week residency, for Ulverston
Lantern Procession) |
| October - November
1997 |
Hunger Waits
(QUARTET FOUR), Mask & prop maker (Traverse Theatre,
Edinburgh) |
| Top
of page |
| WORKSHOP/TEACHING
EXPERIENCE |
| Ongoing since 1993 |
KABUTAR (and independently)
or as INDIGO MOON since 1999. Taught many puppet making
workshops (often Indian string puppets or shadows) In
primary & secondary schools and other venues including
RAGGED SCHOOL MUSUEM, COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE, V&A MUSEUM,
ST.MARY'S HOSPITAL PADDINGTON (for the MOUSETRAP FOUNDATION),
SOMERSET HOUSE, THE BARBICAN CENTRE, THE THEATRE MUSEUM,
THE UNICORN THEATRE, THE HORNIMAN MUSEUM. Also continue
to run TRAINING DAYS for teachers/drama students (for
schools,colleges or local authorities) with focus on
curriculum links or any of the above techniques as required.
|
| January 2001-June 2002
| Visiting Tutor for
two academic years on HND course The Puppet as an
Educational Tool and Puppetry in Special Needs,
HND Puppet Theatre Arts, Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre,
(Accredited by Anniesland College of FE, Glasgow) |
| November 2001 |
Shadow Puppetry Consultant
for 1001 Nights (UNICORN THEATRE) |
| September - November
2001 |
Transformations
- professional development workshops on Experimental
shadow theatre relating to The Theft of Sita, for
LIFT (London International Festival of Theatre) |
| September 1999-April
2000 |
Part-time Art Teacher,
Telegraph Hill (secondary) school 2 days per week |
| May - June 1999 &
November 1999 |
THE MAKING PLACE,
Ladbroke Grove
Teaching visiting primary school students about principals
of science, design and technology in order to make things
|
| April - May 1999 (Ongoing) |
THE GEFFRYE MUSEUM
Stained glass tutor (unwaged adults) Since 1992 Also
leader and supporter of many craft workshops for children,
relating to various museum themes, some drama based.
|
| April 1999 |
THE BRITISH MUSEUM
Workshop demonstration on puppets and dance of West
Java (in association with Stamford Raffles Exhibition,
for family audiences) |
| Jan 1999 |
YOUNG VIC THEATRE
CO.
Co-ran ten day educational project with a local primary
school and a school for visually impaired children,
relating to Arabian Nights and resulting in their
own shows, Animated Nights, at the Young Vic
Theatre |
| October - November
1998 |
As puppetry consultant
(Arabian Nights) also taught actors basic principles
of puppetry |
| 1995/96 - February
2002 |
SPRING EDUCATION &
TEACHING PERSONNEL Occasional day to day supply teacher
(secondary), Art and Design or general cover |
| June 1996 |
ABINGDON MUSEUM (Vale
of White Horse District Council) Puppeteer in residence,
Craft of the Puppet Exhibition, incl. guiding school
parties with demonstrations and providing INSET for
teachers |
| 1993-95 |
Productions of WOODEN
TONGUES THEATRE CO., PUPPETWORKS and MOVINGSTAGE included
co-running accompanying workshops |
| August 1992 |
PUPPETWORKS (H.M.
PRISON LITTLE HEY) One week shadow theatre residency
with Manju Gregory |
| 1992 |
Teaching Practice
included puppetry projects at the Vale special school
(students with physical disabilities and associated
learning difficulties) and Felix Ave. off-site unit
(school refusers). Also many art and design projects
at Fortismere School and Northumberland Park School,
LONDON |
| March - April 1990 |
Stained Glass related
project at Robert Blair Primary School (as part of Postgraduate
Public Art studies) |
| 1988 - 1989 |
ARTLINK (Edinburgh
and the Lothians)
Ran mural project at Royal Edinburgh Psychiatric Hospital
and stained glass related project/painting projects
at other hospitals in Edinburgh (geriatric and cancer
wards) |
| Top
of page |
| PUBLICATIONS/ARTICLES |
| May 1999 |
The Spirit of the
Five Masks, Mask Dances of Cirebon (SELEH NOTES,
Vol.6 No.3) |
| April 1999 |
Puppets and Dance
of West Java (BRITISH MUSEUM Education Department),
20 min Video edited from own footage |
| March 1999 |
Wayang Golek of
Sunda Today (SELEH NOTES, Vol.6 No2) |
| March 1999 |
Wayang Golek -
Puppeteers of West Java (BRUNIMA Bulletin No 100) |
| November 1997 |
Glimpses of Current
Theatre and Puppet - Related Performances in Indonesia
(BRUNIMA Bulletin No 96) |
| July 1997 |
Pak Sukasman: Pondok
Seni Wayang, Yogyakarta (BRUNIMA Bulletin No 95) |
| June 1996 |
Puppetry in the
National Curriculum, Key Stages 1 and 2 (Originally
commissioned by Vale of White Horse District Council) |
| 1992 |
Shadow Puppet
(BE CREATIVE, Fabbri Publications No 85) |
| October /November
1992 |
The Rough Guide
to Indian Puppetry (ANIMATIONS, Year 16 No 1) |
| Top
of page |
| OTHER
SKILLS |
|
Founder and organiser of Beverley
Puppet Festival, May 2005.
Chair of newly founded Beverley Arts Trust,
since February 2006.
Manager of BAT's
(2nd) Beverley Puppet Festival May 2006, now set to
be a biennial event.
|
| ASSISTANT
TOUR MANAGER / PRESENTER / INDONESIAN INTERPRETER
For ASIAN MUSIC CIRCUIT's TOUR of England & Wales by
puppeteer Pak Asep Sunandar and 13 musicians from Indonesia,
July 2001, also for masterclass at Scottish Mask & Puppet
Centre, June 2001. |
| STAINED GLASS |
Previously worked
as a stained glass assistant for Pippa Martin (Redhill,
Surrey) and Susan Laidler (Glasgow) |
| PRINTMAKING |
Silkscreen, Relief,
Lithography and Etching. Previously exhibited in various
galleries, mostly in Scotland but also including solo
exhibition in India (Paintings also) |
| SAXOPHONE |
Previously played
in bands and as a simple accompaniment to theatre |
| LANGUAGES |
Indonesian (fluent), German and French (basic)
|
| BOX OFFICE |
Experience of theatre
front of house management and administration |
| DRIVING |
Full licence |
| Committee
Member of British UNIMA (Union Internationale de la
Marionnette, affiliated to UNESCO) 1995-2001 |
| Began
trading as INDIGO MOON THEATRE, 1999 |
