Stephanie Elgersma

I am a Canadian artist working both in Vancouver and London. I trained as an actor, but now work predominately in puppetry - puppeteering, puppet making and puppet directing. I am interested in furthering my career as a puppet director alongside any acting work that arises. Preferred pronoun: she, her.

Credits

PUPPET DIRECTOR/DESIGNER, Skyborn, The Cultch, 10 days, 2020
ACTOR, The Cake, Pacific Theatre, 4 weeks, 2019
PUPPETEER/ PUPPET DESIGNER, A Brief History of Human Extinction, The Cultch, 2 weeks, 2018
ACTOR, Blackbird, Shoreline Studio, 2 weeks, 2019
PUPPET COACH, Next Door to the Butcher Shop, The Cultch, 1 day, 2019
PUPPET DIRECTOR, Noye's Flood, Blackheath Halls Opera, 3 days, 2018

Training

Puppetry Design & Making with Jimmy Grimes (Brunskill and Grimes), London, January 2019
Puppetry Training with Sue Buckmaster (Theatre Rites), London, October 2017
Puppets and Text with Mervyn Millar (Significant Object), Edinburgh, October 2016
Puppetry Internship with Oliver Smart (Folded Feather), London, November 2015-March 2016
Intro to Extreme Puppetry with Mark Down (Blind Summit), London, December 2015
Clowning & Puppetry with Dik Downey and Adam Blake (Pickled Image), London, November 2015
Breath in Manipulation with Eric Bass and Ines Zeller Bass (Sandglass Theater), London, October 2015
Banff Puppet Theatre Intensive with Peter Balkwill (The Old Trout Puppet Workshop), January 2014
Breath Movement with Alisa Kort, 2013
Intro to Clown Workshop with Michael Kennard (Mump and Smoot), December 2013
Canada’s National Voice Intensive, 2012
Studio 58, 2008-2011, graduated with distinction - under the direction of Kathryn Shaw