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PAST
SHOWS + NEWS from 2008-2004 - 2003-1999
Williamstown
Festival
12
April: Kareem, the seven tonne Africian elephant from Circus Ole roamed
at Williamstown
Festival.
Wimmera
PPP Parade
14 March: An
all new parade for
the opening night of the Art Is festival, featuring puppets from the ongoing
Snuff Puppet's Wimmera workshops.
Snuff
Puppets return to WOMadelaide
8-9
March: Kareem, the seven tonne Africian elephant from Circus Ole roamed
at Womadelaide
in South Australia.
Bunyips
at Adelaide Fringe 2008
Sat 1-2 Mar 08: Bunyips performed in the round all weekend
at the Fringe Family Weekend in Rymill Park (Mullawirraburka). -
fringe
family weekend
Snuff
Clubb at Adelaide Fringe 2008
22
Feb: Snuff Puppets presented acts from the all new Clubb Clubb for the
opening night of the Adelaide
Fringe.
Seagulls
on the attack at Moomba
Sun 9 March: Massive
seagulls performed at Melbourne's Moomba
Festival.
Bunyips
return to People's Gathering Place
Sat
2 Feb: Bunyips will appear at the Yalukit Wilam Ngargee: People Place
Gathering. O'Donnell Gardens, St Kilda, Melbourne.
- people
place gathering
Seagulls
returned to the BIG DAY OUT
Mon
28 Jan: Seagulls attacked and were attacked at Melbourne's Big
Day Out!
Snuff
Puppets present En Masse
23
Nov: Over
50 larger than life giant puppets took part in an outdoor walking installation
and mass parade for the opening night of The
Big West Festival. En Masse was collaboration with local and rural
communities
SNUFF
CLUBB premier!
16
Nov 07: Snuff Puppets all new show, Snuff Clubb SOLD OUT at the
East Brunswick Club in Melbourne. With Special
guests; Graeme Leak, Emma Bathgate, Earl Roses
and Riotta. eastbrunswickclub.com
- press release
SNUFF
CLUBB REVIEW IN REAL TIME
Dec
07: 'Obscenity charges pending, what makes all this palatable is the astute
sense of craft from the puppet design team, and Snuff Puppet's measured
commitment to pushing bad taste to its extreme.' - more
at realtime
Snuffies
to get down and dirty
The
Age, Nov 16: This week, Freer's taking Snuff Puppets back to their roots
with a chaotic indoor puppet cabaret show, Snuff Clubb. "The
idea came from when we used to do shows at the Espy, these huge and spontaneous
nights with wild music and huge puppets walking over the top of everyone.
There was a great vibe, so free and fun, and we thought, remember those
days? Let's do it again." - read
the article at The Age
THAMES
RIVER FESTIVAL
Sunday
16 Sept 07: After a 3 week workshop with the International
Workshop Festival, Snuff Puppets hit the streets of London at the
Illuminated
Night Carnival in front of 200,000 people. Snuff
Puppets worked with artists, theatre makers and performers from Lillian
Baylis Technical School, Kent University performing arts students, Black
Friars Community Centre and the National
Youth Theatre. -
thamesfestival.org
SNUFF
HEADS
STAR NEWS: 'THE high-flying life of Footscray’s acclaimed Snuff
Puppets will take them to London next month. Fresh from the success of
their recent trip to Indonesia, the Snuff Puppets were advised they would
be repacking their bags next month following funding approval to attend
the festival.' - more at star
news
SNUFF
PUPPETS IN INDONESIA
21
May - 3 June 07: Returning to Indonesia after an earthquake in 2006, Snuff
Puppets and artists from Yogyakarta finished a workshop and show for the
Festival Kesenian Yogyakarta. - jogja-artsfestival.com
+ festival
news
APOLLO
BAY MUSIC FESTIVAL
20-21
April 07: The Snuff Puppets' Boom Family lead the Opening Parade
and roamed all over the streets, stopping traffic, at this 'Not For
Profit' music festival. - apollobaymusicfestival
CASTLEMAINE
STATE FESTIVAL
5+6
April 07:
Snuff Puppets and Indiginous Artists preformed a special version of Nyet
Nyet's Picnic to Sold Out crowds at the Castlemaine
Festival. (photo
by Vivienne
Hamilton)
FINA
FESTIVAL
Fri
23 + Sun 25 March 07: Indigenous Artists and Snuff Puppets presented Bunyips,
which The Age described as, 'enormous grotesque and appealing'.
- fina
WHITTLESEA
COMMUNITY FESTIVAL
 
18
March 07: Snuff Puppets and performers from 1st
Impressions Youth Theatre presented a massive show, in a dried out
lake, at the Whittlesea Com Festival. 1st Impression's Artistic Director,
Martin White, discribed the show:"It was about big fast food outlets
and how their corporate aims can conflict with the essentials of sustainability
and the environment"- Whittlesea
Community Festival - video
of the show
MOOMBA
WATERFEST
11
March: Snuff Puppet Seagulls performed at Melbourne's Docklands.
WOMADELAIDE
9-10
March: Snuff Puppets and Indigenous artists performed in roaming Bunyips
at Womadelaide
in South Australia. - flickr
photos
CASTLEMAINE
FESTIVAL LAUNCH
27 Feb
07:
Bunyips drew crowds into the official Castlemaine Festival program launch.
- more pictures abc
ST
KILDA FESTIVAL
Sat 3 Feb 2007: Indigenous Artists and Snuff Puppets presented
Bunyips at the 'Yalukit Wilam Ngargee - People Place Gathering' as part
of the St Kilda
Festival.
POST
ALBUM LAUNCH
30 Nov 06: Snuff Puppets performed 'The Dancing Cow Show' on the road
outside the POST Album Launch. POST is by James Wilkinson, Snuff Puppets'
musical director.
STRINGYBARK
FESTIVAL
21-22 OCT 06: Snuff Puppets Cows and Seagulls entertained crowds
at the Stringybark Festival. An environmental festival. - knox
city
Small
Outfits think big
18 OCT 06: THE AGE: 'The State Government has allocated an extra $1 million
to small arts companies this year. The arts minister, Mary Delahunty,
says "They are the experimenters and innovators, despite their size,
they think and deliver big." Groups to receive grants include Snuff
Puppets ($100,000).' - the
age
'Terror
play a joke'
4 OCT 06: HERALD SUN: 'In bad taste? A taxpayer-funded theatre group is
advertising a performance of The Twin Towers Show.' -
herald
sun
'Towers
Show no black comedy'
10 OCT 06: STAR: 'Snuff Puppets Artistic Director, Mr Freer, said reports
that the play was a “black comedy and we were mocking the situation”
were not based on fact. “The play doesn't do any of that.”
- footscray
star newspaper
YOGYAKARTA
EARTHQUAKE BENIFIT
6 OCT 2006: The Yogyakarta Earthquake Benefit, raised over a$4,400 (30,300,000
Rupiahs), all money is going to quake victims. Snuff Puppets
presented The Twin Towers Show,
based on the events of 9-11, the show has a message of peace + tolerance.
Also presented was a new piece from the upcoming Snuff Club. Other
acts: MC Paul (Kate Kantor), Nauli Dancers 'Gambyong', Puppet Peepshow,
Nana Doris, Ben Fox, The
Town Bikes, Bek Rutter, Dilapidated Diva, Group Earthquake by Ian
Pidd, Kalki, Yumi Umiumare, Frank Woodley, Road Kill Rodeo, Art Auction,
DJ JD Franzkie! The Spanish Club, 59-61 Johnston St Fitzroy. -
flier - Pix
by ben richards
DENILIQUIN
UTE MUSTER
29-30 SEPT 06: Snuff Puppets' Butcher, Cows
and The Boom Family entertained the cowgirls and boys at the
Deni Ute Muster. - deniutemuster.com.au
SNUFF
PUPPETS - GIANT SNAIL
2-10 SEPT 06: Snuff Puppets Giant Snail had it's premier performances
as part of the Slow Food Festival at verious venues around Melbourne including
Vic Markets, Fed Sq and the Abbotsford Convent in Melbourne. melbournefood+wine.com.au
- slowfood.com
FLORIADE
FLOWER FESTIVAL CANBERRA
16-17 SEPT 06: The Snuff Puppets' giant Boom
Family caused fun and choas at the Floriade Flower Festival, Commonwealth
Park. - floriadeaustralia.com
- canberra
times article
SPARTA
AWARDS DINNER
13 JULY 06: HAIRY MEN from Nyet Nyet's Picnic played
with diners at the SpArta Awards Dinner. RACV Club, Bourke Street, Melbourne
- sparta
awards
MELBOURNE
MUSEUM
17
JUNE - 2 JULY 2006: Snuff Puppets and
Indigenous artist presented roaming Bunyips.
MELBOURNE
INTERNATIONAL PUPPET CARNIVAL
26 June - 2 July: SNUFF Puppets presented The Dog Show
and The Dancing Cow Show. - review
at the age
- internationalpuppetcarnival.com.au
SNUFF
PUPPETS IN INDONESIA
June 2006: DUE to the Yogyakarta earthquake, Snuff Puppets cancelled
a workshop for the Opening of Festival Kesenian Yogyakarta. Plans
are underway to continue the project in the future. -
jogja-artsfestival.com
DREAMING
FESTIVAL
9-12 june 2006: Snuff Puppets Bunyips took part in the Dreaming
Festival in Queensland.
AUSSIES'
30 SECONDS OF TERROR
29 May 06: HERALD-SUN: 'FOUR Melbourne (Snuff) puppeteers came
within hours of death in the Indonesian earthquake. Ian Pidd, Andy Freer,
Daniele Poidomani and James Wilkinson were asleep in their Jogjakarta
hotel rooms when the quake struck just before 6am.'
HELP
YOGYAKARTA EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
AUSTRALIANS can donate to emergency appeal funds: CARE, 1800 020 046;
Oxfam, 1800 088 110.
Snuff
Puppet dan People's Puppet Project di Yogyakarta. MEI 2006: Kali
ini mereka akan berada di Yogya untuk bekerja bersama sebanyak seniman
dan partisipan lokal untuk menggelar pertunjukan yang spektakuler pada
pembukaan FKY 2006. - Untuk
keterangan selanjutnya
KID
SNUFF
16-20 May 2006: Snuff Puppets ran a KidSnuff workshop at 'Fun
for Kids' in Warrnambool.
CIRCUS
OLE IN SYDNEY - EASTER WEEKEND
14 - 17 April 2006: The award winning Circus Ole was preformed,
with acrobat, at the Hoopla Acrobatic & Street Theatre Festival.
-
darlingharbour.com.au
LISTEN
UP - BIG EAR IN THE
CITY
4 April 2006: SNUFF Puppets built a huge ear for LISTEN UP.
A campaign for young peoples' mental health. Here is the Ear outside Flinders
St Station. - listenup.org.au
CIRCUS
OLE AT COMMONWEALTH GAMES
21-26 March 2006: Circus Ole played to thousands at the Big
Top, Alexandra Gardens, Melbourne as part of the Commonwealth
Games.
- news at heraldsun
Circus
homage pays off
24 March 2006: Sweeney Freer has a unique view of Circus Ole
at the Big Top in Alexandra Gardens. "I'm a puppeteer," says
the eight-year-old of his role in the popular collaboration between Melbourne's
Snuff Puppets and acrobat, the theatre company from
Albury. "I'm just in a chicken really." -
more at the
age
BOOM
TOWN IN GEELONG
24+26 March: As part of the Commonwealth Games,
our Boom Town puppets reappeared with Back
to Back. - Steampacket Gardens, Waterfront Geelong
CIRCUS
OLE AT ADELAIDE FRINGE 2006
26
Feb-12 Mar: Circus Ole was announced as the 'Adelaide Fringe
2006 Circus / Physical Theatre Award' winner.
'Circus Ole - top 5 show to see in Adelaide this week.'
- Sunday Mail 5th march. - adelaide
fringe - OLE
POSTER
FIRE
DESTROYS CIRCUS OLE TRUCK
18 Feb 2006: Fire destroyed acrobats' truck with
Circus Ole equipment. Acrobats caravan was also burnt,
no one was injured. - show
pictures
SYDNEY
BIG DAY OUT
26
Jan: Big Day Out Tour: Snuff Puppet skullies bag a preformer dressed in
underwear and the Australian flag behind the main stage at the Big
Day Out on Australia Day.
BIG
DAY OUT
22
Jan - 5 Feb 2006: Snuff Puppets presented roaming acts and the Dancing
Cow Show at the 'Big Day Out' in the Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne,
Adelaide and Perth. - big
day out
FIRE
NEARLY DESTROYS SNUFF PUPPETS
2
Dec 2005: Andy Freer and firefighters fought a fire at the rear of Snuff
Puppets hall. The fire caused $130,000 damage and come within meters of
over 100 puppets.
NYET
NYETS AT BIG WEST
3-4
Dec 2005: Nyet Nyet's Picnic presented as a roaming act at The
Village in Footscray's Big
West Festival.
NYET
NYETS IN SCHOOLS
Late
Nov 05: Kids go Crazy as Nyet Nyet Bunyips go wild in ten schools across
the Western suburbs of Melbourne.
INDUSTRIAL
RELATIONS RALLY
15
Nov 2005: Snuff Puppets took part in the largest protest in Melbournes
History. - indymedia
pictures - the age video
WORAWA
ABORIGINAL COLLEGE
24
Oct - 5 Nov 2005: Thirty-five students from Worawa
College, aged between 12 and 15, participated in a workshop program
with Snuff Puppets. The students wrote, played and recorded their own
soundtrack, a combination of hip-hop and didgeridoo music, to accompany
the performance. - star
news
SNUFF
PUPPETS IN HUNGARY
In
August Snuff Puppets spent a week at the Sziget Festival. -
View special 3-D pictures: boom
family and the
cows.
EURO
TOUR 2005
June-Aug 05: Snuff Puppets toured West and East Europe with FIVE different
shows. - MAP
NYET
NYETS PICNIC!
- Photo Ponch
Hawkes
20-22 MAY 2005: As part of Reconciliation Week, Indigenous Artists and
Snuff Puppets presented Nyet Nyet Picnic, horror Bunyip stories.
Created with playwright John Harding, choreographer Earl Rosas. - PICTURES
+ news
Pulling
the strings on 'hairy' mythology.
19 MAY: Tapping into Aboriginal mythology for monster tales has been fruitful.
-
the age
WOMADELAIDE
4-6
March 2005: Snuff Puppets presented three shows to 'alarmed' audiences
at Womadelaide
in South Australia. - PHOTOS
SNUFF
PUPPETS IN BRAZIL
12-31
JAN 2005:
Snuff Puppets conducted a puppet making workshop at The
World Social Forum in Porto Alegre. - Local puppet group, 'Associacao
Gaucha De Teatro De Bonecos' worked with us. -
flier - PHOTOS
SNUFF
PUPPETS IN CUE
22
SEPT - 10 OCT 2004: Snuff Puppets returned to Q-FEST in outback Western
Australia. Presenting
Forest in the Night and
a workshop with locals and Junkadelic.
- qfest.com
SPRING
HARVEST FEST - WERRIBEE
SUNDAY
28 NOV 11.30am: Snuff Puppets appeared at the spring harvest festival
in werribee park.
SNUFF
PUPPETS IN ECHUCA
23
NOV: Snuff Puppets' Cows and Butcher performed in Echuca, far north Victoria.
As part of the AACA - National campus activities conference.
FCL
CHILDRENS PARTY
21 NOV: Snuff Puppets entertained the children of FCL workers, to say
thanks for their sponsorship of our national tours for years.
SNUFF
CLUBB
9 NOV 2004:
Potato head at the creavite development of the upcoming show, Snuff Clubb.
HOWARD
DRIVES PAST DRILL HALL
24
Sept 2004:
Just days before the Federal Election, a Snuff Puppets greets Australian
PM with a plane and a sign reading 'HOWARD CREATES TERRORISM'. -
indymedia
A
CRAZY WAY TO PAY FOR CULTURE
5 SEPT 2004: 'The artists who've trousered the latest $1.5 million
in arts grants from Melbourne City Council prove - again - that our culture
is in trouble.' -
Andrew Bolt - herald
sun
PUPPETS
UP TO SNUFF FOR $15,000
1
SEPT 2004: 'Snuff Puppets, were among 109 recipients of more than $1.5
million in annual grants announced by the City of Melbourne.'
-
the age
SNUFF
EURO/ASIA TOUR
3 JULY - 16 AUGUST 2004: Snuff Puppets toured four shows in Belgium, Ireland
and Holland, followed by a season of Forest in Korea. -
TOUR MAP - PICTURES
SNUFF
PUPPETS IN IRELAND
JULY 2004: Watch video footage of Snuff Puppets at the Galway Arts Festival.
-
PICTURES
from irishemigrant.ie - PICTURES
from
toddparker.com -
video from nationwide
- snuff puppets
appear at 5 minutes
WORLD
ENVIRONMENTAL DAY
6 JUNE 2004: A dead tree puppets was chased by a Snuff Skullie down Swanston
St in Melbourne as part of the World Environmental Day Rally.
HIGH PASS
FILTER CD LAUNCH
23 APRIL 2004: Snuff Puppets performed The Dancing Cow Show at the High
Pass Filter CD Launch. Corner Hotel, Collingwood.
REFUGEE
HOPE MARCH
11 APRIL 2004: Snuff Puppets took part in a Rally for Refugees. Federation
Square, Melbourne. - FreeAladdin.com.
NATIONAL
YOUTH WEEK FESTIVAL
3 APRIL 2004: Snuff puppets attended the local youth day. Corner Barkly
and Gordon St Footscray. - for maribyrnong city council
HONG KONG
ARTS FESTIVAL 2004
5-8 FEB 2004: Snuff Puppet Cows, Boom Family and Crocodile performed at
the - Hong Kong
Arts Festival - PHOTOS
HERE
LA TROBE
UNI
26 FEB: Seagulls attacked students and pissed on the Young Liberal
stall at La Trobe Univerity.
AUSTRALIA
DAY
25 JAN 04: Seagulls roamed at Australia Day celebrations, Ruffey Lake
Park in Doncaster. Archie Roach also performed. - manningham
city council
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