Puppet Workshops
Read about the content of typical puppet workshops that I run.
PUPPET WORKSHOPS
Here are the programmes for just two of the workshops I have carried out:-
THE USE OF PUPPETRY IN COMMUNITY RELATIONS (CR) EDUCATION
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Introductions – names; experience watching or presenting a puppet play
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Purpose – what each of us would like out of the workshop; Role as participants in that
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Aim - Description of the workshop and what we hope to cover
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The role of CR education within the formal and informal curricula; creating safe space; dealing with controversial issues
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The role and use of puppets in CR education
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Information about the different puppets and presentation techniques available
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Making puppets in arts and crafts - relevant chapter in Different Tracks[1]
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Description of the workshop and what we hope to cover
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Loosening up Exercise
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Presentation of a play (Involving a number of smaller groups considering how they might attempt the presentation of a play/story/scenario; deciding which puppets they want to use/make for their presentation; and practicing their play.) Each group presents their play to the others in turn.
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Discussion - advantages of using puppets to help tell a story or to raise an issue
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Closure
USING PUPPETS IN CHILDREN’S MINISTRY
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Introduction to session - Using Puppets in Children’s Ministry
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Hopes/expectation from the session
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Making and Using Puppets; Practical demonstrations; Materials; Sources of information
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Puppet Presentations – Using Puppets; telling stories from the Bible; raising moral issues; stimulating discussion
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Writing Plays; Sources; Useful Publications
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Finish
Programmes can be drawn up to suit the individual needs.
See my Gallery for photographs taken at workshops.
[1] ‘Hand in Glove’ from Different Tracks, (Belfast: Corrymeela) 2003, pp 66-108.