Well, the first rehearsal weekend is over and i am still tired (though it’s monday evening). Lots of things to memorize, places where the puppets have to be and so on. It’s also a little complicated as we have a fresh start, that means no props to interact with. There is still a lot of work ahead us.

Greetings,

Four days left for us before we gather for our first show rehearsal. This year is special for me as it is the tenth anniversary for the LSD Show. Imagine that: 10 years pawpetry (I am still not sure why i am doing that *grin*). Currently i am working on two additional things for EF. As it will be some sort of surprise i am not going to talk much about, but be sure you will like it.

It seems the pawpet season is starting again!

After a rather long hiatus,  furry puppetry has finally re-emerged from the depths of winter lazyness.

In just a few days, on the 23rd of May, during Confuzzled, the team of PawPets UK will perform their very first puppet play. I am not entirely sure if I am at liberty to reveal the name of the production, but I am quite sure I am not giving away too much when I say that it will be about the good old values of british victorian theatrics.

And later this year, during Eurofurence, there’ll be another LSD show coming up. This year, it’ll be the 10th anniversary of the show, if you include the very first one at Eurofurence 6.

Looking across the big ocean, I also received word that more and more people are planning to move from the traditional US puppetry concept of “Free For All” in favour of a more story- and plot-driven show. I must say, I am really looking forward to hearing and seeing more of that.

So, keep your ears perked and your eyes wide open, for this will be a quite pawpetastic year 2009!

Just in case you’ve been wondering what the hell is wrong with this site…..

a) People are in hiatus. I guess it’s all about the winter depressions and such. Hopefully we’ll be able to yank ourselves out of it again in time for the next show. 1001 Arabian Nights… darn.. I was hoping more for 1001 Arabian Knights, and they’re all MINE! Heheee..

b) We’re currently on vacation. Believe it or not, there’s a company whose specialty seems to be to make puppets wet. Welcome to The Pink Paw Pet Spa !

I’ve just finished updating this blog to the latest software version!

Let’s hope I did it all right and it all works as intended.

Also, on another note, I am fully aware that this blog is currently not very active. Please accept my apologies for this.

I am currently rather busy with two things:

a) Helping the talented UK Confuzzled team to create a pawpet show for Confuzzled 2009

b) Spending entirely too much time in Lord of the Rings Online (playing a Loremaster with a rather cute Lynx!)

c) Spending weekend after weekend fixing and upgrading servers where I work. The usual Christmas Panic!

Anyhow, I hope I can update this Blog more regular again in the near future.

Just a quick update from me today….

apart from owolf expanding our collection of pages with a german FAQ (Clickable on the right sidebar menu. Thank you, owolf!) I added a new link to the collection of puppetry links:

Puppetry Lab

It’s a nicely done blog about puppetry and all things around it. Certainly worth a look.

Everyone knows and loves the yearly Eurofurence PawPet Show. At least I would assume so, else you probably would not be reading this blog.

The talented team of the Confuzzled staff took on the daring challenge of putting together a PawPet show of their own at Confuzzled 2009.

What with me living in the UK now, I was contacted and asked for assistance, which I will happily give, in any way I can.

Obviously, I cannot talk too much about what is planned. We wouldn’t want to spoil the surprise, really. The only thing I can say is that it will be different from the Eurofurence PawPet show. After all, we would like to create a diversity, a new aspect of furry pawpetry here, not a clone of what we already have.

So, all you puppet junkies out there, dig deep into your wallets and see if you can attend Confuzzled!

Yours,

Fairlight!

The history of our pawpet show is rather easy to trace: It all started at Eurofurence 6, born like so many other things in the year 2000. (Which means, actually, that at Eurofurence 15 in 2009, we’ll have our 10th show!)

But, of cause, puppetry is far older than our show. In the furry fandom, the USA was there first. People like Steve Plunkett (aka Tiresta) and Teddy Ruxpin (the Furry, not the animatronic bear) had a huge influence there as well as the Funday Pawpet Show that started in 1999.

Outside the fandom, puppetry has a really long history, mostly going back to China and India. Rod and shadow puppeteering seem to among the first forms of this art. Some more information on puppet history can be found on King’s World.

Today, a long time ago – 1936 to be accurate, someone was born whom I consider having a great influence in my life. Though as I saw his work the first time I didn’t really expect nor estimate what influence it will have on me years later. With happiness I remember the saturday afternoons, when I watched the Muppet Show with my family. Today, 24th September 1936, James Maury ‚Jim‘ Henson was born in Greenville.

My parents sent me the following picture, taken by my father:

A snapshot of the last scene of Dreamcatchers

It is a bit hard to recognize due to the long exposure time and the noise, but I think it catches the atmosphere of the scene very well.