About this Event
For our 2024 -25 season we’re popping up around the city at seven different locations on the first Saturday afternoon, from 1:00 – 3:00 pm of each month (with the exception of December, February and June). Planning on attending all seven Puppet Pop Ups?
Save your tickets and present them at our June Family Puppet Festival Day for FREE entry!
Puppet Pop Up - Be Kind To Animals
"Always be kind to animals – morning noon and night. For animals have feelings too and furthermore they bite!"
Make an animal puppet of your choice using just a cardboard tube, paint, paper and imagination. With two telescoping tubes you can make a clever design so they can open their mouth Then together, video this important message of kindness, from the animals as part of a new year’s resolution to protect the animals in the world.
A portion of our workshop fees will be donated to World Animal Protection Canada. Feel free join to top up your ticket fee up with a donation!
Facilitator: Wendy Passmore- Godfrey (she/her) is artist, creator and founder and director of WP Puppet Theatre. She is committed to making choices that help the world and all living things. Her favourite animal is possibly a meerkat, but she also likes elephants, otters, dogs, orcas, penguins, bluejays …
Parking: TBA
Public Transit: TBA
Venue Accessibility: TBA
Cost: Tickets are $10.00 per person. See "Fine Print" below for more details.
Accessibility: We are committed to the purposeful inclusion of all people. We strive to reduce barriers and we value everyone’s participation in our programs. We are part of the City of Calgary Assistance Fee program. Tickets for card holders are $5.00 per person with code "CCAF50" and card holders will be asked to present their cards at the door.
If you identify a different challenge to attendance please contact us – we recognize our limitations as a small organization.
Donations: These allow us to keep our fees affordable! Please add a little extra, 'pay it forward', if you can. Donations over $20 will receive a charitable tax receipt.
Fine Print:
- All materials, tools and instruction supplied at no extra cost.
- Suitable for ages 5+.
- EVERY* person attending is required to purchase a ticket.
- *With the exception of babes-in-arms and care-workers .
- Tickets sales end 24 hours before the event starts.
- Minimum of 5 people are required to run the workshop.
- Waiting list is enabled and you will be contacted if a space comes free or we decide to run the workshop again.
- WPTS reserves the right to cancel via email notification with 24 hours notice.
- If WPTS cancels, tickets will be refunded less service fees.
- If guests cancel up to seven days before the event tickets will be refunded less service fees. If guests cancel with less than seven days before the event, or do not attend, no refund will be offered. A tax receipt can be issued upon request.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Venue TBA, Calgary, Canada
CAD 11.98