Ronnie Burkett News

2015 marks Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC)'s first decade of providing a creative home for performing artists to develop and showcase work in New York City, where artistic director Mikhail Baryshnikov's vision for a performing arts center has become a thriving reality.

Ronnie Burkett's THE DAISY THEATRE is a unique night of live entertainment. His unscripted and over the top show featuring over forty marionette puppets will have you laughing out loud for the whole 90(ish) minute run. At the beginning of the show Ronnie explains that it may run over depending what crazy acts and puppets he decides to bring out - regardless, you are guaranteed to have a night you will never forget.

THE DAISY THEATRE is Ronnie Burkett unleashed and unscripted! Flying by the seat of his pants, Ronnie manipulates and voices a cast of forty marionettes, including new never-met characters, through variety acts, impromptu monologues, musical numbers and audience participation.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center has announced the 25th Annual National Puppetry Conference, with the application process now underway for participants. The Conference begins June 6, 2015 and culminates with public performances June 12 & 13. Pre-Conference intensive workshops run June 3 - 5.

Blyth Festival's new artistic director, Gil Garratt, has announced his first playbill for next summer. 'What I love about these plays is how thoroughly they capture where we have been and where we are now,' says Garratt.

e Co-Artistic Director's Nina Lee Aquino and Nigel Shawn Williams, and Managing Director, Sara Meurling present the 45th season of Factory Theatre consisting of five Factory premieres: THE ART OF BUILDING A BUNKER, written by Adam Lazarus and Guillermo Verdecchia; TAKE ME BACK TO JEFFERSON an adaptation of William Faulkner's AS I LAY DYING by Dean Gilmour and Michele Smith in collaboration with the company; TWISTED, written by Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman and Joseph Jomo Pierre; THE UNPLUGGING written by Yvette Nolan; MORRO AND JASP: 9-5, created and performed by Morro and Jasp; and as a special add-on to the subscription season, the return of THE DAISY THEATRE, created and performed by Ronnie Burkett. BMO Financial Group returns as the 2014-15 45th Season Sponsor.

Four remarkable playwrights have been selected as finalists for this year's Siminovitch Prize in Theatre.

Part puppetry, part performance art, Marsian De Lellis' Object of Her Affection is a visual narrative about Object Sexuals - humans who form intimate relationships with inanimate objects. Following sold-out workshop performances, an excerpt of Object of Her Affection will be presented Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, July 30, August 1 and 2 at 8:30pm at REDCAT NOWFest (New Original Works Festival) 2014: Program 2 on a shared program with hybrid performances by Carole Kim, and d. Sabela Grimes. REDCAT is located at 631 West 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA 90012, 213-237-2800. Tickets can be purchased at http://www.redcat.org/event/nowfest-2014-week-two.

Part puppetry, part performance art, Marsian De Lellis' Object of Her Affection is a visual narrative about Object Sexuals - humans who form intimate relationships with inanimate objects. Full-length workshop performances will be presented Friday and Saturday, July 18 and 19 at 8pm and Sunday, July 20 at 3pm at Automata, 504 Chung King Court, Los Angeles, CA 90012, 213-819-6855. Tickets can be purchased at http://www.automata-la.org/tickets.

The 35th Anniversary Dora Mavor Moore Awards for the 2013/2014 season were handed out in a star-studded ceremony in Toronto on the evening of Monday, June 23 at Harbourfront Centre's WestJet Stage, hosted by the hilarious Matt Baram and Naomi Snieckus, Second City alumni and founding members of the National Theatre of the World.

It was an incredible night for Toronto theatre when our community joined together to celebrate another year of performing arts in Toronto on June 23rd at the WestJet Stage at the Harbourfront Centre. For the 2013-2014 season, 143 producing companies (up 41 from last season's 102) registered eligible productions. A total of 48 Dora Awards, plus the Silver Ticket Award and the Audience Choice Award, were given out in a glittering ceremony hosted by Matt Baram and Naomi Snieckus, founding Co-Artistic Directors of the three-time Canadian Comedy Award-winning The National Theatre of the World.

e Co-Artistic Director's Nina Lee Aquino and Nigel Shawn Williams, and Managing Director, Sara Meurling present the 45th season of Factory Theatre consisting of five Factory premieres: THE ART OF BUILDING A BUNKER, written by Adam Lazarus and Guillermo Verdecchia; TAKE ME BACK TO JEFFERSON an adaptation of William Faulkner's AS I LAY DYING by Dean Gilmour and Michele Smith in collaboration with the company; TWISTED, written by Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman and Joseph Jomo Pierre; THE UNPLUGGING written by Yvette Nolan; MORRO AND JASP: 9-5, created and performed by Morro and Jasp; and as a special add-on to the subscription season, the return of THE DAISY THEATRE, created and performed by Ronnie Burkett. BMO Financial Group returns as the 2014-15 45th Season Sponsor.

The Theatre Centre is pleased to announce the appointment of Aislinn Rose as the company's General Manager. As an independent producer and theatre maker Rose has worked with companies across Toronto, including the Luminato and SummerWorks festivals, and brings seven years experience to her new role at The Theatre Centre.

The Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes brings audiences a dark but thoroughly engaging and humorous look into the end of days through brilliantly detailed puppetry performance.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will host 22 theatrical offerings from 20 different countries during WORLD STAGES: International Theater Festival 2014 that will run for three weeks March 10-30, 2014 throughout the Center. The international festival features contemporary theater works offering 13 fully staged productions, 4 theater-focused installations, 3 readings of new works, and 2 forums. From Olivier and Tony Award-winning puppetry to innovative perspectives on old classics, a diverse showcase of theatrical expression will be represented by countries spanning the globe including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, England, France, Iceland, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Pakistan, Palestine, Scotland, South Africa, Sudan, Syria, and the United States.

Ronnie Burkett's THE DAISY THEATRE returns to Toronto for a very limited engagement, February 12-23 at the Factory Theatre Studio. Following its premiere at the 2013 Luminato Festival last June, THE DAISY THEATRE had a wildly successful three month fall tour to Edmonton and Vancouver, where audiences and critics alike fell in love with the ridiculous, tender, and outrageous antics of THE DAISY THEATRE favourites, Esme Massengill, Mrs. Edna Rural and beloved fairy child Schnitzel.

Puppetmongers presents Tea at the Palace, created and performed by Ann Powell and David Powell, and directed by Sharon Weisbaum at Tarragon Theatre Extra Space, 30 Bridgman Avenue, Toronto, from today, December 26 - 29, 2013 at 2 pm.

Puppetmongers presents Tea at the Palace, created and performed by Ann Powell and David Powell, and directed by Sharon Weisbaum at Tarragon Theatre Extra Space, 30 Bridgman Avenue, Toronto, from December 26 - 29, 2013 at 2 pm. Tickets at Tarragon Theatre Box Office - 416.531.1827 or www.tarragontheatre.tickets.com.

Marking its 25th anniversary, Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes returns to Arts Centre Melbourne from Thursday 8 - Sunday 18 August with the apocalyptic tale Penny Plain. Part-gothic thriller, part-apocalyptic drawing room comedy, puppet show Penny Plain shows the horribly funny consequences of Mother Earth reclaiming her ground.

Arts Centre Melbourne's new Winter season offers an electrifying range of experiences to charge the senses in the middle of the year. From 26 July to 18 August, art, science and technology are celebrated in a spectacular fashion with several Art Centre Melbourne Australian exclusives.