From the Director

Welcome to the 20^th UNIMA Congress and World Puppetry Festival website.

On behalf of UNIMA Australia and Spare Parts Puppet Theatre we invite you to enjoy a programme of over one hundred puppetry performances, exhibitions, masterclasses and conversations.

Our festival theme of Journeys will not only traverse traditional forms of puppetry but also the unexpected, the digital, the universal, the adult and cross cultural collaborations.

It will be a journey that promises to make you part of a global conversation and celebration of puppetry. You will discover puppetry that encompasses dance and movement, acting, circus, mask, digital technologies, the visual arts and crafts.

Climb aboard and take your seat with others from across the globe at the first UNIMA Congress and World Puppetry Festival ever held in the southern hemisphere.

Navigate our website, plan your trip and prepare to take the journey of your lifetime to Perth, Western Australia – the most isolated city in the world.

I look forward to meeting you in April 2008.

Best wishes and safe journeys!

Philip Mitchell
Artistic Director
Spare Parts Puppet Theatre
UNIMA 2008