Provenance: Design: Ronnie Burkett, Lighting: Bill Willams, Photo by Trudie Lee
Martin Stevens said "Style is not something you set out to get it is something you get when you set out". These are the words that inspired Ronnie Burkett as a teenager to continue his pursuit of a unique voice with which to tell stories through puppetry. He has spent the last few decades realizing this voice and I had the pleasure to speak with him last February about it. In this 2 hour interview we discuss his early career and development, his approach to story-telling and his fastidious attention to the details of design.
Links
Schnitzell from The Daisy Theatre, Design by: Ronnie Burkett, Photo by Alejandro Santiago
Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes
Patchwork Girl of OZ - Frank Baum
University of Calgary Puppetry Larry Zirkle
Moscow Puppet Congress 1976
Alberta 75th Anniversary Puppet Special - The Threadbare Mayor
Denise Clarke and Blake Brooker and One Yellow Rabbit
Ten Lost Years - Toronto Workshop Productions