Festival of Ideas 2023 - "Material Puppets"

Scroll down to check out our upcoming puppet-infused events!W.P. Puppet Theatre Society uses the power of puppetry to impact positive social change. Through our puppetry infused learning opportunities and performances we inspire, challenge, empower, support expression and encourage empathy in our audiences and participants. Established since 1991 as a Not for Profit charity, we tour regionally and internationally, historically reaching over 4000 people annually.Our ProgramsOriginalPuppet Theatre - Online Workshops - Learning Programs for Schools - Family Fun Pop Up Workshops & DIY - VIEW from the Inside a puppet infused program promoting positive mental health - Puppet Power Festival of Ideas on Applied PuppetryEquity, Diversity, Inclusion, AccessibilityWe are committed to policies and practices that support the purposeful inclusion of all people. We value the diversity of racial and cultural identity and background, nationality, sexual and affectional orientation, gender identity and its expression, religious background and belief, marital status, family structure, age, mental and physical health and ability, political perspective, and educational and class status.Land AcknowledgementIn the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, we honour and acknowledge that we are based in Moh’kinsstis, and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina Nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. Finally, we acknowledge all Nations – Indigenous and non – who live, work and play on this land, and who honour and celebrate this territory.