Larrikin Puppets

Established in 2012, Larrikin Puppets performs puppet shows all over Queensland at festivals, child care centres, parties, schools and ticketed theatre events.

We perform as puppet MC (using Troggg the blue monster) for corporate events, award ceremonies, film screenings and more.

We perform roving puppetry using Troggg the blue monster and Moss the green monster.

We provide puppetry training and performance for film, TV and theatre productions, as well as puppetry workshops for school classes, and for the public.

Larrikin Puppets was WINNER of the BizCover NEIS Change Award at the 2015 Small Business Development Conference, and FINALIST in the 2017 What's On 4 Kids Awards 'Best Party Entertainment' category.

Brett Hansen is the founder of and principal puppeteer at Larrikin Puppets, whose weekly puppetry work is mainly focussed on live performances at festivals, childcare centres and parties around the greater Brisbane area. He also runs beginner puppetry workshops at schools. Brett spent a week in residence at Belmont State School teaching each child from prep to year 6 the art of storytelling through puppetry as part of the 2016 Belmont Literary Carnivale.

In 2016, Brett spent three months in the USA for professional development where he networked, trained and performed with puppeteers in New York City, Los Angeles and Texas. He even met Steve Whitmire (puppeteer of Kermit the Frog since 1990). Brett received formal puppetry training at the "Beyond The Sock" advanced puppetry workshop at the University of North Texas under Jim Henson puppeteers Marty Robinson (Sesame Street, The Muppets, The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss) and Noel MacNeal (Sesame Street, The Muppets, Bear in the Big Blue House), with puppet construction training from Pasha Romanowski (Project Puppet, The Moe Show). Brett trained at The Puppet Kitchen in Manhattan, New York under Michael Schupbach (Sesame Street, The Jim Henson Company). He also performed in New York City at the 2016 Puppetry Arts Festival of Brooklyn.

In theatre, Brett was puppetry consultant (trainer of puppeteer cast members) in both the 2012 and 2014 Brisbane Arts Theatre productions of Broadway musical, "Avenue Q". Brett was also a puppeteer cast member of the show in 2012, co-performing Nicky and Trekkie Monster. Brett’s own casted stage show "Thank Troggg You’re Here: A Puppet Impro Spectacular!" debuted at the 2014 Anywhere Theatre Festival and has been performed several times to large audiences.

Brett was also the puppeteer for Studio Theatre & Cafe’s Saturday morning kids’ stage show, "The Super Weekend Show" – featuring puppets, full bodied costumes, songs, jokes, games and prizes.

In film, Brett performed the puppet characters in Richard Bell’s "5 for 35", a film which screened in 2015-2016 at the 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT8) at GOMA (Queensland’s Gallery Of Modern Art). He also assisted with the puppetry in "Cluck: The Web Series", puppeteered Troggg in the short film "Heart of a Thousand Souls", Kev and Carlos the Cop in the short film ‘Kev’, and two characters in the Tia Gostelow music video for her single, "That's What You Get". In television, Brett has performed puppetry on "The Late Nite Show" and "Showreel" (both at Channel 31) and hosted (as Troggg) an episode of "Juiced TV", a children’s programme created in partnership with the Children’s Hospital Foundation.

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Official Website: http://www.larrikinpuppets.com.au

Blue Card holder: 1161011/2
ABN: 96884134902