Peter Wilson

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Peter Wilson has worked across all forms of puppetry over the past 41 years. He is highly regarded for his contribution to the changing face of puppetry in Australia.

His professional work as a director, producer, writer, puppeteer or teacher has ranged from small intimate theatre through to large scaled outdoor events. More ›

  • ORIENTAL CIRCUS INDONESIA-JAKARTA 2018/19

    2019

    50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORIENTAL CIRCUS INDONESIA

    • TIGER INVASION
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  • STORM BOY

    2013


    Storm Boy -Stage adaptation by Tom Holloway: Opened STC -Wharf 1- August 14th 2013. Director of Puppetry. Photos by Brett Boardman:

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  • KING KONG

    2013

    KING KONG – World Premiere – The Regent Theatre, Melbourne Australia – June 2013. Director of Puppetry.

    Produced by Global Creatures. Director – Daniel Kramer – Designer – Peter England – Lighting Designer – Peter Mumford – Aerial and Acrobat Director – Gavin Robins

    PHOTOS BY: Pete England

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  • CHO CHO

    2013

    Cho Cho is a modern telling of the Madame Butterfly story written by Australian Playwright Daniel Keene. This new bi lingual production is in association with The National Theatre of China, Playking Productions and The Arts Centre Melbourne. The features new music by Chinese composer Cheng Jin and puppetry.

    “Director Peter Wilson (the puppetry genius behind King Kong) has invested the production with the lurid outlines of a serious cartoon, generating heightened performances, distilling and amplifying the pitilessness of the tragedy and drawing out the exploitation that brings it on.” The Age -Cameron Woodhead… Oct 4th 2013

    Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/stage/theatre-review-cho-cho-20131003-2uxpa.html#ixzz2i1gcD5no

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  • BALI AGUNG

    2010

    A famous Balinese 12c story about King Jaya Pangus and the Chinese Princess Kang Ching Wei. With a cast of over 150 the story is dramatically brought to life using large scale puppetry, dancing, live gamelan orchestra and live animals on stage at Bali Safari and Marine Park.

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  • COLOURS OF MALAYSIA

    2009

    Colours of Malaysia 2007/2008/2009. Creative Director for official launch of Citrawarna.

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  • LIVING THINGS

    2007

    Post Graduate in Diploma students presented their end of year production of Living Things. A murder mystery – a ‘who dunnit’.

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  • Loves Suicide

    1997

    Co production Company Skylark and Playbox Theatre Company-1997.

    A modern love story, written by John Romeril, inspired by the writings of Japanese playwright, Chikamatus Monzaemon’s famous suicide stories.

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