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Puppets Who Tell
Talking Figures
For ages 9-14
Facilitator
A drama and puppetry workshop investigating story telling with puppets. In the session we will explore using drama, voice and play. We will use up-cycled material to create your own puppet, build characters and listen to their story.
This is an inclusive workshop. We welcome children on the spectrum and neurodivergent children along with their siblings or a caregiver to participate in the workshop.
This workshop will require participants to carry with them:
- Pencil
- Pen
- Crayons or sketchpens
- Scissors
- Glue
- Masking tape
- Newspaper
- Wool and Goggly Eyes (optional)
*Please note participants may be required to purchase certain materials for the workshop at the venue.
In collaboration with Turiya
Facilitator
Pallavi Chander
Pallavi Chander is a Sesame trained Drama and Movement therapist and Arts-Based Therapist based in Bangalore, India. She works with neuro-divergent children and adults, caregivers and young people challenged with behavioral or mental health concerns. She currently practices under her initiative, ‘Turiya’ where she uses drama, movement, visual arts, storytelling, music, and play to facilitate creative processes for psycho-social and compassion-based interventions.
Pallavi also offers group and individual sessions to integrate creativity and imagination in learning spaces, for therapy and healing with various grassroots organisations, and institutions in urban and rural set-ups. She is one of the representatives of Drama-Therapy India for the World Alliance for Drama Therapy (WADth). She is keen to explore research, education and indigenous approaches to mental health and well-being with a trauma-informed and anti-oppression lens. For more information visit – www.pallavichander.com / Instagram page – Turiya_dramatherapy
