Richard Bradshaw (puppeteer)

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

1. A Complete Book of Puppet Theatre by David Currell, p.50
2. Performing Arts: A Guide to Practice and Appreciation by Michael Billington, p.160
3. 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.
• Billington, Michael (1988). Performing Arts: A Guide To Practice And Appreciation. London: New Burlington Books. ISBN 1-85348-115-7.
• 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.
• Currell, David (1985). A Complete Book of Puppet Theatre. London: A & C Black (Publishers) Ltd. ISBN 0-7136-2429-9.
• Guss, Naomi, "Australian puppetry – Richard Bradshaw", School of Puppetry, 7 January, 2010.
• Vella, Maeve; Helen Rickards (1989). Theatre of the Impossible: puppet theatre in Australia. Roseville, N.S.W: Craftsman's House. ISBN 0-947131-21-3.