Unraku, the first performance

I am part of the Toronto puppetry troupe, Unraku, which is loosely based on the traditional Japanese Bunraku puppetry style. We began meeting for workshops this January on Mondays (or when we could) and through our enthusiasm it has formed into a troupe. Unraku boasts a couple puppeteers, several puppetbuilders and a talented voice actress. Through Andrew's leadership, ingenuity and patience, we managed to play our very first workshop performance to a small audience at The Art Within on Friday March14/08. The troupe proudly performed Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, a favourite among puppeteers across the Sphere.

The star of the show was our Diabolo puppet named Onzola (he's a Gorg)

and appearing as back-up were several Popcorn Puppets from Toronto based Banjo puppets (from the left in the video: Pedro {pink}, OhNo {blue}, OhMy {orange}, and Bernard {blue}.)

This is the video link on YouTube of that performance. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGsYoJCpd5c