Puppetmongers as a Resource: What can we do for you?

Movie Consultants

Theatre workers

Educational Partners

Puppetmongers and the Movies: Recent activities

  • We were the Pupperty Department for the feature film Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. Written and directed by Zack Helm, and staring Dustin Hoffman and Natalie Portman; to be released for Christmas 2007. For this major project we:
    • Were concept artists with the design and props departments.
    • We made models and action props.
    • We created, built and oversaw the construction of puppets and related set components.
    • Manipulated puppets on set.
    • Gathered together a team of 12 puppeteers, and orchestrated their availability and activity.
  • We created the shadow puppetry images in Laura Taler's dance film Death and the Maiden, did Indonesian shadow theatre scenes for a History Channel special about the Bre X scandal, and numerous other smaller projects.
  • We rented our studio for the filming of the interviews for the second season DVD of Fraggle Rock.

Puppetmongers' recent services in the Arts Community.

  • Play Development
    • Currently facilitating Roseneath Theatre in the realization of Rocket and the Queen of Dreams, a shadow play.
    • Play development and puppet building with Shadowland Theatre for The Lost Supper.
    • Designing, building and manipulating the 5' tall puppets for R. Murray Schafer's Palace of the Cinnabar Phoenix.
    • Co-producing shows with new-music composers and with other theatre companies.
  • Design and Construction
    • Designed sets and costumes for The Secret of Gabi's Dresser for Theatre Te-Amim.
    • Building a 4' tall puppet for Theatre New Brunswick's Pinoccio.
    • Mask making for dance and theatre companies.
    • Designing and building special effects props for theatres.
  • Rental of lamps, screens, props, musical instruments, world music recordings and puppets.
  • The courses and classes offered to theatre artists through the Toronto School of Puppetry.

We work with the University Community: Recent activities

  • Workshop-demonstration and then a show, for first year students in the theatre course at the University of Guelph.
  • Assisted the Sheridan College Theatre Department acting and prop students with shadow puppetry for their "Mid Summer Night's Dream".
  • Movement workshops for the Post Graduate Theatre Department at the University of Toronto for their wonderful production of "Mr. Punch the Cuckold".
  • Demonstration of world puppetry and new trends, plus an object puppetry workshop for the ATHE conference.
  • Mask making and toy theatre workshops for teacher candidates at OISE

Serving Public Education

  • We give professional development workshops for teachers,
  • We give hands-on workshops for students, grade 1 through OCA
  • The following are some of the subjects available:
    • Puppet play development
    • Many types of puppetry: shadow, rod, toy-theatre, object, tabletop etc.
    • Scene building
    • Costuming
    • Prop making
    • Mask making

For more information please call us at 416-691-0806 or email