Cassady, Morris Chapdelaine, Tara Travis and Dusty Hagerüd have joined forces to create the Vancouver International Puppet Festival.


There are puppet festivals in Ontario, Chicago, England and Montreal (where it’s known as Festival de Casteliers). Now, puppet fans in Vancouver’s theatre community are asking: Why doesn’t Vancouver have its own puppet festival?

The answer seems to be “for no good reason.” And so, performers and organizers are banding together to raise funds for a new Vancouver International Puppet Festival, the inaugural edition of which they hope to hold in the fall.

On April 1 (and, hopefully, this is no April Fool’s prank!), puppet festival proponents are putting on Fools After Dark: A Saucy Puppet Cabaret. The fundraiser will feature a ventriloquist, puppeteers and musicians for an adult-oriented night of puppet fun on the Granville Island Revue Stage (1601 Johnston St.).

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A Vancouver International Puppet Festival? Here’s hoping!