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Bringing together acclaimed puppetry artists from all over the world, the Music Center of Los Angeles County held the 2008 Toy Theatre Festival on June 14 and 15, 2008 at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Artists who participated in this year's Toy Theatre Festival
| Photos From 2008 Toy Theatre Festival | |
To view photos and read reviews of the 2008 Toy Theatre Festival, click here.
Toy Theatre is a genre of puppetry that enacts plays using two-dimensional rod puppets in miniature theatres. Its origins date to early 19th century England, where drawings depicting a proscenium theatre, characters, and scenery were printed, reproduced, and sold packaged with play scripts for a penny plain, two pence colored. Families — including children and adults — assembled the stages and performed Toy Theatre productions in their living rooms as home entertainment. More...
| Free activities that took place during Toy Theatre Festival | |
- An array of family-friendly professional Toy Theatre productions, presented in repertory over the two days in various spaces throughout Walt Disney Concert Hall, including the main auditorium.
- A Student Stage showcasing Toy Theatre productions created by children in their classrooms working with Music Center teaching artists.
- Workshops where families can create their own theatres and puppets to take home.
| Toy Theatre Festival For Adults | |
In conjunction with the Music Center's Toy Theatre Festival for family audiences, REDCAT joined the whirlwind with a special night-time program -- for adults. Expect clever manipulation of objects, brilliant table-top theatrical epics, and a new work by Los Angeles collaborators Paul Zaloom and Lynn Jeffries. For more information on this special toy theatre after dark event, click here.
The Music Center’s Toy Theatre Festival was made possible by grants from the Weingart Foundation, The Ahmanson Foundation, The Rose Hills Foundation, and The Jim Henson Foundation.
The Music Center thanks Club 100 for their sponsorship of the Student Stage.
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