Kaleidoskope-Arts has a variety of interactive puppet shows and roving puppeteer entertainment for all events and ages.
The Jester will take you on a magical journey across medieval lands around the world where the spectators will be a part of a series of travelling stories. Featuring various stories, circus tricks, puppets & marionette who will captivate young and old audiences. Fun, adventure, and fantasy, please come and join the Jester and the travelling roving puppets.
15 mins to 30 mins shows and an extra 15 mins of audience interaction after show to see any puppets, ask questions and take photos.
Interactive show.
Jester in action with many skills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtTQSvKSAdY
Experience the ancient craft and art of puppets in performance. Short stories and myths are told in the adventures of folk tales that have been passed down from generation to generation.
Includes: traditional Czech Republic handmade wooden marionettes.
Duration: 20 mins or 30 mins.
Space requirements: 4 x 4 metres approximately.
Teaching tool: further teaching exercises are also available in relation to the stories, if teachers ask in advance.
Travel through space and time around the world on an expedition with Jesstar the puppeteer and her puppets. The puppets are on a race set by the King and Merlin the Wizard to find the fastest and most gallant puppet from around the world—with contestants from Mexico, Italy, Australia, China, Ireland, and America, competing to win a gold nugget. Along the way, one of the puppets comes to realise that friendship is more important than winning.
Viewers will be dazzled and amazed by the world of puppetry and the performer's unique talent filling the audience with laughter, joy, amazement, and adventure all the way.
Puppet show 30 mins and 15 min interaction with audience - 2 performers
5- to 10-year-olds
30 to 100 audience guests. A standard is 50 to a 100 people who have attended puppet shows in the past.
Jesstar Puppet show - link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thwf4RejPkY&t=5s
Kaleidoskope-Arts provides Roving puppets & marionette entertainment for all types of events and ages. We offer children’s puppet workshops in performance and puppet making skills.
A variety of animals and creatures.
Storytelling, drama, adventure and interactive.
Roving Entertainment for all events 1 hr to 3 hrs per request.
Roving royal court Jester entertains all audiences and ages. Can also be combined with juggling, storytelling, and puppetry.
30 mins to 1 hr, 2hr to 3hrs for fairs, festivals, schools, Kindergartens, councils, corporate events and Christmas occasions and celebrations.
Jester link to see various skills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtTQSvKSAdY
This is an interactive moving creature that represent a caterpillar that is from outer space mystical and surprising. May be combined with Betsy the butterfly stilt walker for science and educational events.
Performance art and sculpture also known as a black hole galaxy.
15 min sets
Children will gain an awareness of puppet history & culture through storytelling, drama skills & performance.
An introduction into the history of puppets and storytelling skills will be developed as a group, while short stories will be practiced in small groups. Children will rehearse their short stories & then perform them to the parents and or other students in the group. Children may use music, their voices and or musical instruments to accompany their puppet performances. Children can create stories from their imaginations, real life, or stories they are familiar with. Set and stage will be created and designed by the children in charge of props for the performance. Many new skills and experiences will be gained in this fun interactive workshop.
Space requirements: Large room or hall
2 trainers, 2hrs or 1hr and 30mins 15 to 30 children/ participants.
15 children/ participants: 1 trainer 30 children: 2 trainers.
3hr workshop
Explore the world of puppetry. Children will be provided with a wide range of art and craft materials to make hand puppets, string and or stick puppets which can then be used to create a puppet show. Participants can create people, characters, animals or creatures. Explore your imagination to invent a unique puppet that can tell stories and entertain your family and friends.
1hr to 3hrs.
