Country Australia Opened 1921 | Completed 1921 Phone +61 8 9335 5044 | |
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Former names State Shipping Service Office
Fremantle Art Gallery Town or city Fremantle, Western Australia Current tenants Spare Parts Puppet Theatre Landlord Government of Western Australian, Department of Culture and the Arts Address 1 Short St, Fremantle WA 6160, Australia Hours Open today · 10AM–12AMWednesday10AM–12AMThursday10AM–12AMFriday10AM–12AMSaturday9AM–12AMSunday9AM–11PMMonday10AM–12AMTuesday10AM–12AMSuggest an edit Similar Fly by Night Club, State Theatre Centre of, Fremantle Arts Centre, His Majesty's Theatre, Bathers Beach - Fremantle Profiles | ||
Spare parts puppet theatre s the velveteen rabbit based on the book by margery williams
The Spare Parts Puppet Theatre is located at 1–9 Short Street, Fremantle, Western Australia, in Pioneer Park, opposite the Fremantle railway station.
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The little prince by spare parts puppet theatre 2014
History
The building was constructed as a commercial building in 1921. It is a two storey limestone building with a corrugated iron roof, constructed in the Federation Free Classical style of architecture. The building was used as the State Shipping Service Office. In 1975 it was vested in the City of Fremantle and in September 1978 it was officially opened as the Fremantle Art Gallery. In 1988 it was refurbished to specifically accommodate the Spare Parts Puppet Theatre.
Heritage value
The building is listed on the City of Fremantle's Municipal Heritage List.
Current use
Spare Parts Puppet Theatre was founded by Peter Wilson, Cathryn Robinson and Beverley Campbell-Jackson in 1981, as part of an artist-in-residency program initiated by the WA Institute of Technology (now Curtin University of Technology). The company's first project was a puppet adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus for the 1981 Festival of Perth. For the first seven years, the company was a touring company, but in 1998 it acquired the Fremantle Art Gallery as a permanent home. From 1997 through to 2001, the company was under the artistic direction of Noriko Nishimoto. In 2001 Philip Mitchell was appointed the company's new artistic director.
In April 2008 the Spare Parts Puppet Theatre hosted the 20th UNIMA (Union Internationals de la Marlonette) World Puppetry Festival and Congress.