TOOLSHED: Call for Puppeteers – Join the Puppet Choir

Artists and theatre makers Andrea Celeste La Forgia and Kerem Akar invite you to join the Puppet Choir at Kunstinstituut Melly, part of the final phase of their residency project TOOLSHED #2: The Imaginary Stage.

Over the past months, workshops across Rotterdam have brought a growing community of strange, tender, chaotic, and impossible puppets into being. Now, these travelling characters gather at Kunstinstituut Melly alongside their makers, puppeteers, friends, neighbours, and fellow performers for a collective rehearsal.

Led by Tara Reece from the Singing Club Rotterdam, the Puppet Choir temporarily transforms Melly into a shared stage for collective play, rehearsal, and imagination.

Participants are encouraged to commit to all rehearsal dates and the final gathering. If you are not able to make it to all rehearsals let us know and we’ll make it work! You are also welcome to join even if you did not participate in the previous workshops or make a puppet yourself. Part of the spirit of the project is that puppets continue travelling between people and communities, and can be carried, animated, and performed by others.

No previous puppetry or performance experience needed and participation is free!

You can sign up through this form:

Rehearsals

Wednesday, June 10, 6:00 PM–9:00 PM
Wednesday, June 17, 6:00 PM–9:00 PM

Final Rehearsal

Saturday, June 20, 3:00 PM

Public Performance: the Puppet Choir

Saturday, June 20, 4:30 PM

To note

Both rehearsals and the final performance will be filmed by a videographer, and a video of the Puppet Choir process will be shown at Kunstinstituut Melly. Please keep this in mind when deciding whether you would like to participate.