Category: Morph Puppet Festival
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Announcing the Hipstamatics!
It’s time to party, shake off our worries and have some fun! Dance the night away with this talented band of stylish musicians playing their groovy, funk/fusion music, and help us celebrate MORPH PUPPET FESTIVAL to the max
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Announcing The Magical Midnight Adventure
Join Kerikeri Youth Theatre as they bring to life an original tale inspired by the beloved New Zealand picture book ‘Oliver in the Garden’. This play forms part of the Morph Puppet Festival, running from 6th to 10th July in Kerikeri.
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Announcing Shadow Worlds
We’re over the moon to introduce ‘SHADOW WORLDS’ to you – Ten Tales of Matariki in Ten Shop Windows on a Starlit Winter’s Eve. As part of the Morph Puppet Festival, we’ll be taking over the centre of Kerikeri after dark to entertain our community with enchanting stories of Matariki, told in magical Shadow Puppet scenes.
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News Coming Soon
About a month ago, schools were given a chance to do something pretty cool. Last week they got a box full of crafting goodies to start their creative journey. And yesterday we drew their subject of inspiration out of a funky Magic Play House hat. TOMORROW we’ll tell you why….
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Behind Morph: Kylie Penn and The Magic Play House
A destination event puppet festival has been a project on the wish-list of The Magic Play House founder, Kylie Penn, for many years. Twenty five years of developing and performing puppet-based theatre and film has confirmed first hand, for Kylie, the research that puppets have a profound impact on their audiences.
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Welcome to Morph!
We’re very excited to be launching our brand new Festival of Puppets in July 2022. There’s so much planned and lots of work to do… Funding and volunteers to find, plenty of puppets to make, puppeting people to invite, plays to rehearse, musicians to entice, workshops to create. And we hope you can come and […]