Richard Bradshaw (puppeteer)
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Richard Bradshaw OAM (born 1938) is an internationally renowned Australian puppeteer.
Richard Bradshaw is a one time Artistic Director of the Marionette Theatre of Australia.[1] He is a particularly talented shadow puppeteer who also writes for puppets.[2] In 2005, he was commissioned by Terrapin Puppet Theatre to write The Storyteller's Shadow: a Celebration of Hans Christian Andersen which toured around Tasmania, to Denmark and to Singapore and Malaysia. Jim Henson, a fellow puppeteer, featured the work of Bradshaw as part of a six-part television series on puppetry.
Bradshaw was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to puppetry and the performing arts.[3]
References
- ↑ A Complete Book of Puppet Theatre by David Currell, p.50
- ↑ Performing Arts: A Guide to Practice and Appreciation by Michael Billington, p.160
- ↑ www.itsanhonour.gov.au Order of Australia listing – Richard Bradshaw OAM
Books and articles
- Benson, P.D., "Good Show, Super 'Roo", The Australian Women's Weekly, (Wednesday, 25 September 1974), p.113.
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- Bradshaw, R.,"Norman Hetherington 1921 – 2010 (Eulogy)", O.P.E.N., No.11, (December 2010), pp.2–4.
- Camens, J. "The Mysterious Potamus", The Australian Women's Weekly, (Wednesday, 17 January 1979), p.17.
- Carr, V., "The Actor in the Wings", The Australian Women's Weekly, (Wednesday, 26 February 1969), p.7.
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- Guss, Naomi, "Australian puppetry – Richard Bradshaw", School of Puppetry, 7 January, 2010.
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