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Receiving 'People's Choice Award'
Teatr lalki i aktora w Łomży
Poland, June 2019
Teatr lalki i aktora w Łomży
Poland, June 2019
WINNER: PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD Festival Valise, Poland. 2019
WINNER: GREEN LIGHT LIST AWARD New Zealand Fringe, 2019
WINNER: OUTSTANDING DESIGN Dunedin Fringe Festival, 2019
NOMINATED: BEST FAMILY SHOW Guildford Fringe Festival, UK, 2019
NOMINATED: BEST VISITING SHOW Dunedin Theatre Awards, 2017 and 2019
WINNER: GREEN LIGHT LIST AWARD New Zealand Fringe, 2019
WINNER: OUTSTANDING DESIGN Dunedin Fringe Festival, 2019
NOMINATED: BEST FAMILY SHOW Guildford Fringe Festival, UK, 2019
NOMINATED: BEST VISITING SHOW Dunedin Theatre Awards, 2017 and 2019
Bridget and Roger Sanders are a creative partnership committed to making theatre to inspire, delight and inform. trained at the John Bolton theatre school in Melbourne, they have been telling stories, playing with puppets and making theatre for many years. as well as writing all their own material, they make their own puppets, props and sets, incorporating live music
and plenty of wonder!
and plenty of wonder!
Bridget is a writer, director, actor, puppeteer and set/props/puppet maker who has studied to degree level both performing and visual arts. After a career as a visual artist Bridget joined the 'Body in Space' theatre company as principle set designer and costume and prop maker which renewed her interest in acting 2011.
Bridget’s play writing and directing include ‘Romeo in the tearooms at pergutory junction’ (Nelson Arts Festival 2013), ‘Birdlife’ (Best Direction – Nelson Fringe Festival 2015), ‘NotIi, Not I’ (2015) and ‘The Magnificent Man in the Moon’(2017). More recently Bridget has been focusing her skills creating theatre for children as she believes wholeheartedly in the need to inspire new generations of hungry minds and hearts with good stories that connect them to the greater mysteries of life!
Bridget’s play writing and directing include ‘Romeo in the tearooms at pergutory junction’ (Nelson Arts Festival 2013), ‘Birdlife’ (Best Direction – Nelson Fringe Festival 2015), ‘NotIi, Not I’ (2015) and ‘The Magnificent Man in the Moon’(2017). More recently Bridget has been focusing her skills creating theatre for children as she believes wholeheartedly in the need to inspire new generations of hungry minds and hearts with good stories that connect them to the greater mysteries of life!
Roger is a traditional storyteller, actor, musician, puppeteer and improviser, with over 30 year’s experience as a performer and theatre maker. He was a founding member of the UK storytelling and music troupe 'The Firebird’s Feather’ (UK, 1995), the ‘Body in Space’ theatre company (2010), ‘Birdlife Productions’ (2015), and the improvisation troupe ‘Peoples Republic of Improv’ (2017). Since 2011, Roger has been collaborating with Japanese Master Puppeteer, Akiko Myamoto, and takes every opportunity for ongoing training in physical theatre and improvisation. Performance highlights include the solo show ‘The End of the Golden Weather’ (Nelson 2009), Philias Fogg ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ (2013), ‘A Midsummer Nights Dream’ (2017) and ‘The Magnificent Man in the Moon’ (2017).
Mapua Literary Festival, 2017. photo by Tim Hawthorne
