Provenance: Design: Ronnie Burkett, Lighting: Bill Willams, Photo by Trudie Lee

Martin Stevens said "Style is not something you set out to get it is something you get when you set out".  These are the words that inspired Ronnie Burkett as a teenager to continue his pursuit of a unique voice with which to tell stories through puppetry.  He has spent the last few decades realizing this voice and I had the pleasure to speak with him last February about it.  In this 2 hour interview we discuss his early career and development, his approach to story-telling and his fastidious attention to the details of design.

Schnitzell from The Daisy Theatre, Design by: Ronnie Burkett, Photo by Alejandro Santiago

World Book Encyclopedia

Martin Stevens

Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes

Patchwork Girl of OZ - Frank Baum

University of Calgary Puppetry Larry Zirkle

Brigham Young University

Bill Baird

Jim Henson

Moscow Puppet Congress 1976

Bonnie Erickson - Miss Piggy

Alberta 75th Anniversary Puppet Special - The Threadbare Mayor

Denise Clarke and Blake Brooker and One Yellow Rabbit

Brad Fraser

Stewart Lamoine

Edmonton Fringe Festival

The Dominion Drama Festival

Ten Lost Years - Toronto Workshop Productions

The Czech Daisies

Jim Henson Festival, New York

Canadian Blood Scandal

Kim Crossley

Camillia Koo

Robin Fisher

Eugene O'Neill National Puppetry Conference 

George Latshaw