Snuff Puppets

Australian puppet theatre company
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Snuff Puppets is an Australian puppet theatre company. Founded in 1992, they combine elements of puppetry, live music,[1] visual, and physical theatre to discuss taboo topics and make political satire.[2]

History

Snuff Puppets originated in Canberra as part of Splinters Theatre of Spectacle.[3] They moved to a warehouse in the suburb of Footscray in Melbourne in 1992, and are now based in the historic Footscray Drill Hall. Snuff Puppets was founded by Pauline Cady, Simon Terrill, and the current artistic director Andy Freer.[4] Nick Wilson became Co-Artistic Director in 2023.[5]

Since 1992, Snuff Puppets have roamed the streets, performed hundreds of stages and festival shows, and turned thousands of heads at protests and political rallies.[6]

Snuff Puppets have embarked on more than 40 international tours, with performances in countries including; Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, Democratic Republic of the Congo, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, People’s Republic of China, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan & Thailand.[7]

They have conducted over 40 giant People's Puppet Project community workshops worldwide.[8]

The Victorian State Government and Maribyrnong City Council have supported Snuff Puppets with annual Arts Funding. Crumpler bags are a decades long supporter of Snuff Puppets tours.[9] Snuff Puppets is a registered charity.[10]

Responses

In 2015, Snuff Puppet's promotional video for "Everybody"[11] went viral; copies of the video have been reported as being viewed nearly 1 billion times.[12]

Snuff Puppets Youtube channel has over 550,000 subscribers and 330 million viral video views.[13]

Realtime Magazine wrote the Snuff Puppets have a "commitment to pushing bad taste to its extreme".[14]

Works from repertoire

Snuff Puppet in Footscray

Shows

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Workshops

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Roaming acts

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References

  1. ^ "Finalists – Snuff Puppet Band". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  2. ^ "Home". Snuffpuppets.com.
  3. ^ "RealTime Arts - Magazine - issue 50 - Snuff Puppets rule!". Raltimearts.net.
  4. ^ "Andy Freer". Snuffpuppets.com.
  5. ^ https://snuffpuppets.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SnuffPuppetsAnnualReport2023.pdf
  6. ^ https://www.vice.com/en/article/3ak438/snuff-puppets-melbournes-punk-puppeteers
  7. ^ Flood, Daniell. "Snuff Puppets". Snuff Puppets. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  8. ^ https://snuffpuppets.com/what-we-do/peoples-puppet-project/
  9. ^ https://snuffpuppets.com/about/
  10. ^ https://www.acnc.gov.au/charity/charities/33232177-39af-e811-a95e-000d3ad24c60/profile
  11. ^ Snuff Puppets - Everybody - Giant Human Puppet on YouTube
  12. ^ "Is this the weirdest clip on the internet? Viral video has almost a BILLION views". Dailystar.co.uk. 12 August 2016.
  13. ^ https://www.youtube.com/snuffpuppets
  14. ^ https://www.realtime.org.au/issue-year/2007/
  15. ^ https://theatrematters.com.au/Reviews/swamp-at-the-end-of-the-world/
  16. ^ https://snuffpuppets.com/mainshows/
  17. ^ https://ganeaa.com.au/ata-program/snuff-puppets-performance-workshop-snuff-skool/
  18. ^ https://snuffpuppets.com/workshops/
  19. ^ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-24/giant-moving-body-parts-made-by-australian-artists-in-singapore/6492650
  20. ^ https://snuffpuppets.com/roaming/ 
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