DATES: Wednesday 15 July, 2026

TIMES: 11:15am and 2:15pm (runs 60 mins)

COST: $25

FOR: Ages 4-12

Jenny Ellis is presenting a shadow puppetry workshop after each performance of Spike the Echidna. You can book tickets for both the show and the workshop.

If you want to book workshop tickets ONLY without purchasing show tickets, please use the show booking link and skip forward to find the workshop tickets.

To book for the morning workshop, select the 10am show and press the Skip to More Tickets button.

To book for the afternoon workshop, select the 1pm show and press the Skip to More Tickets button.

Details

Watch as your drawings leap to life, off the page and onto the stage!

Come along and explore the world of shadow puppetry with experienced puppeteer, Jenny Ellis. This hands-on workshop will give children the skills to make their own shadow puppet and bring it to life in a puppet show. Participants will imagine and design their own unique puppet characters, then they’re guided through the process of making their puppets and giving them movement to bring them to life. Children will work together in small groups to create their own shows. With a few tricks of the trade, they will finish with a performance of their own stories on a real shadow puppet stage.

Suitable for ages 4-12. Children 6 years and under must be accompanied by an adult. Adults are required to purchase their own ticket.

About Little Wing Puppets

Since 2006, Little Wing Puppets have performed their shows to thousands of children in every state and territory of Australia, as well as overseas. They’re driven by the love of telling stories that speak to children, make them laugh, and passing on skills so kids can create their own worlds through puppetry.

Artistic Director, Jenny Ellis has been making and performing with puppets for over twenty years. She has a Post-Graduate Diploma in Puppetry from the Victorian College of the Arts and a Bachelor’s degree majoring in Environmental Education. Jenny trained with Master Puppeteer Richard Bradshaw through the national Jump mentoring program in 2011. She also received a Major Fellowship in 2012 from the Mike Walsh Foundation to research puppetry in Europe and graduated from the Heilkos School of International Theatre Creation in Florence, Italy in 2014. Little Wing continues to work with a vibrant team of independent artists; writers, directors, designers and composers, to make exceptional that speaks to young people and is ready to travel.