Center for puppetry arts rudolph 20167/27/2023 What: Local artists around the city create beautiful handmade gifts just for the holiday season, and they’re selling their jewelry, pottery, paintings, scarves and more at a variety of area pop-up markets throughout the month of December. Where: Various locations around the metro Atlanta area ![]() During the holiday season, guests on the tour will be able to warm up with hot cocoa or hot cider as they see the theater’s holiday decoration display. Guests will seemingly travel back to 1929 as they learn about the theater’s history, which spans from ancient Egypt through the times of Elvis Presley and the Rolling Stones. What: The Fox Theatre is hosting a holiday tour through its historic halls. Where: 660 Peachtree Street NE in Atlanta What: The Children’s Museum of Atlanta is packing five days with Kwanzaa festivities, including a story time reading that educates children about Kwanzaa. Where: 275 Centennial Olympic Park Drive NW in Atlanta Past guests have included Cookie Monster and a hockey player. Five minutes into the play, “A Christmas Carol” will be invaded by a surprise guest, adding an element of improvisation to this classic scripted play. This production is aimed at adults, and features Ebenezer Scrooge on his iconic journey of self-reflection – with a twist. Ebenezer Scrooge is taken on a journey of redemption and self-reflection, enhanced by live music at this Broadway-scale production.Īlternatively, Dad’s Garage Theatre Company is hosting its “Invasion Christmas Carol” again this year. What: The Alliance Theatre is putting on its annual performance of A Christmas Carol. Where: The Alliance Theatre in Atlanta or Dad’s Garage Theatre in Atlanta Families will also be able to enjoy family-friendly films together starting at 11 a.m. Children can partake in rides, inflatables, sports, swimming, a playground and the Sophie Hirsh Srochi Discovery Center, according to the event page. What: The MJCCA invites all to come and enjoy a free day of family entertainment and fun. ** See her Folkmanis Firefly puppet.Where: 5342 Tilly Mill Road in Dunwoody, Georgia. ** Her puppets from The Firebird were seen in April 2013 in the closing ceremonial march for the LA Puppet Fest. Natural History Museum was at the opening day of the LA Puppet Festival at the Skirball. ** Her marionette Nibbles, the Saber-tooth kitten built for the L.A. ** Excerpts from The Firebird were featured at the Day of Puppetry at the LA Skirball Museum! Rocked the Hollywood Fringe Festival! Wondering what you missed out on? ** The Devil and Robin busked at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival playin’ some fiddle tunes! ** Her in-progress show, Forgotten Baggage, received a 2016 Henson Foundation Workshop Grant! Will have work in progress performances at the 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival!Įxcerpts from her Firebird show were at Skirball’s Day of Puppetry on April 17th. (Yes, this is the bit where the singer gets whapped in the head.)įorgotten Baggage, Stories from the Willard Suitcases Watch Robin’s Dance Silks in action on the 89th Academy Awards! Just opened - I was puppet Designer for an amazing semi-staged “Magic Flute” with Director Rober Neu. She is glad to have a chance to share that magical moment whenever she can. For her, the greatest joy is experiencing that moment when bits of cloth, wood and string truly come to life for an audience. Following in the footsteps of master puppeteer Albrecht Roser, Robin Walsh seeks to take puppetry beyond the realm of children’s entertainment and return it to the multi-faceted, modern audiences of today. Puppetry is an ancient art that has a deep-seated appeal to audiences of all ages. She is currently Head of Puppets at Screen Novelties, a stop motion studio. ![]() ![]() She’ worked with her hero, Ray Harryhausen, on his last film and got to decapitate the real Rudolph puppet from the Rankin/Bass classic. Her many studies with world renowned puppeteer Albrecht Roser have opened up a whole new way of looking at and working with puppets, and is happy to join his constant search for Puppet Zen. She also designed, directed and performed two original puppet ballets with the Stanford University Orchestra, Stravinsky’s Firebird and Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, as well as Rebel’s The Elements for the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado. She’s a recipient of a Jim Henson Foundation Workshop Grant, and performed her work at last year’s Henson’s Puppets for Puppetry benefit as well as at the O’Neill Theatre Center. She’s worked in film, (Team America: World Police, Men In Black), television (SpongeBob, Family Guy) and stage. Her work has been seen around the world, from here in L.A. She has built, designed and performed everything from dance silks and sock puppets for the Oscars to Hollywood movie monsters. Robin Walsh discovered puppets on her first day of college, and has never looked back.
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