Posted by Tom Bonham on March 2, 2011 at 10:14 pm
Puppet Potpourri is an informal musical variety show blending hand, rod, and string (marionettes) puppets. This program is very popular with the pre-school set in its simplicity, yet enjoyable for the older children for its variety of puppet types, and wide variety of music. The show features several of the unique for which Tom Bonham is known. The show features the bouncing teddy bear, stacking blocks, the changing creature, the come-apart skelton, and many more puppets.
Puppet Potpourri 2005 at an elementary school
Halloween Potpourri
Tom Bonham’s popular Puppet Potpourri has been modified into Halloween Potpourri with puppets suggesting Halloween themes. The gentle song and dance routines are designed for fun and not to scare. The show features many of the same acts, as Puppet Potpourri. It does include the bouncing teddy bear, stacking pumpkins, the changing creature, and the come-apart skeleton. Special for this show are the dancing skeleton legs, the slinky bouncers, and Zsa Zsu the witch.
The production is presented in Tom Bonham’s arena staging, where the audience sits on the floor around the perimeter of the stage area. Depending on the room layout the stage is a six by twelve foot rectangle, a twelve foot square, or an eighteen foot diamond allowing for 18-40 feet of front row seating.
Halloween Potpourri 2010 at Faust Park
Saint Louis Carousel Building
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Posted by Tom Bonham on September 30, 2010 at 9:08 pm
What can Christmas show can surpass Tom Bonham’s A Christmas Fantasy? It took some doing. The result was a Christmas musical variety show featuring Tom Bonham’s creative and unusual puppets in arena staging. The show begins, “Underneath the Christmas tree some ornaments have fallen and taken on a magical life all their own.” And for the next 30 minutes, dozens of glittery puppets made from tree garland and ornaments perform to the delight of all.
The production is presented in Tom Bonham’s arena staging, where the audience sits on the floor around the perimeter of the stage area. Depending on the room layout the stage is a six by twelve foot rectangle, a twelve foot square, or an eighteen foot diamond allowing for 18-40 feet of front row seating.
The show is a joy for all ages. Children are amazed and delighted by the many imaginative, colorful characters and joyful holiday songs music. Adults appreciate the amazing artistry of Tom Bonham whose solo performance animates many characters in full view of the audience.
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Posted by Tom Bonham on December 25, 2009 at 10:57 pm
This show is usually available alternate years and is scheduled to be back in production in 2011.
This musical variety show features a puppet family preparing for Christmas and the arrival of a puppet Santa. The show features a singing elves, Rudolph the Red Nosed Caterpillar, a puppet Santa himself, run-away Teddy bears, and an enchanting Christmas Star finale. The 30 minute production features more than 20 puppets. Larger than the traditional “Punch & Judy booth,” the production is presented in a 12 foot wide stage that allows easy viewing from the entire auditorium.
The show is a joy for all ages. Children are amazed and delighted in antics of the many colorful characters and joyful Christmas music. Adults appreciate unusual warmth generated in this production. The production meets preschool, family, and adult audiences with equal success. Tom Bonham has been performing this show for more than 35 years, fine tuning it into one of his masterpiece performances.
http://touringpuppets.info/TechData/SmallRodStage.pdf
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