The Girl Whose Twin was a Bird

TheatrePuppetry
Written By Talia Pua
 

‘The Girl Whose Twin Was a Bird’ is an absurdly funny and touching coming of age story about growing up as twins.

 
 

Photo credit: Achmad Mirza Siregar

 
 

Role

Playwright

Puppeteer

Year

2025

Creative Team

Puppet Mentor - Jon Coddington

Dramaturge - Rachel Callinan

Past Performances

Downtown Days, Queen’s Wharf, Auckland, May 2025

Development Timeline

2024

Te Hono: Connection with Playmarket; Script Advisor - Rachel Callinan

Papermoon Puppet Theatre Artist in Residence, October - November

 
 

Papermoon Puppet Theatre Artist Residency

 
 

Happy faces at my end of residency presentation (Photo: Achmad Mirza Siregar)

 

In November 2024, I completed a two month residency in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, with Papermoon Puppet Theatre. I used the residency to explore the potential of using puppetry for my new play ‘Bird Bird’. The residency culminated in a public presentation where I performed the a work in progress version of the first half of the show.

This residency was made possible with generous funding from Asia New Zealand Foundation’s Artist Practitioner’s Fund.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Read more about my residency on my blog!

 
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