THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT! Cardboard Explosion Puppet Show
Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 3:00pm
Weston History & Culture Center: 104 Weston Rd. Weston, CT ( Parking and entrance accessed from High Acre Rd. Tickets and Check-in Visitor's Center)
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.
Tickets: $5.00 per person
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.
Professional Puppeteer Brad Shur brings his popular puppet show, “Cardboard Explosion” to the Weston History & Culture Center on Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 3:00pm.
Original stories, brought to life using nothing but cardboard and the power of your imagination. With help from the audience, puppeteer Brad Shur transforms simple cardboard shapes into elaborate puppet characters, then brings them to life right before your eyes. A fun afternoon of puppets and storytelling for the entire family.
Puppeteer, puppet builder and arts educator Brad Shur is the founder and lead artist of Paper Heart Puppets. Brad began performing as a student at the Rhode Island School of Design. While earning a degree in film, he was a regular performer at late night puppet slams and with Big Nazo Puppets. From there, Brad went on to tour nationally with Wood and String Puppet Theatre and Vermont Puppetree. As a freelance puppet builder he created puppets for American Idol, Dolly Parton’s Dollywood amusement park and many theaters and other performers. In 2009, he became the Resident Artist at Puppet Showplace Theater in Brookline, Massachusetts where he served as the lead teaching artist and touring puppeteer for eight years. During that time, Brad developed six original shows and revived several classic shows created by Paul Vincent Davis. In 2017, Brad moved on to Poughkeepsie, NY and founded Paper Heart Puppets. Learn more about Paper Heart Puppets here: https://www.paperheartpuppets.com/