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            Reboot Eden: Celebrating Ten Years of Puppetry in Barrydale

            The Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape (CHR), in partnership with Net vir Pret are celebrating 10 years of puppetry in Barrydale. Reboot Eden will be an online program of four new puppet performances that will be available online from the 16th -19th December 2020.
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            Featuring some of the most loved giant puppets created over the 10 years by the Handspring Trust for Puppetry Arts, CHR Artists in Residence, Ukwanda Puppet Company and Net vir Pret, a program of new puppetry performances will be streamed online on the CHR Facebook page.  The 16th December will also be the launch of the long awaited musical album Celebration: 10 years of the Barrydale Puppet Parade, in memory of parade musical co-director Gari Crawford who sadly passed away on 14th November this year.

            Reboot Eden was nominated at the Humanities and Social Sciences 2022 Awards in the category of DIGITAL HUMANITIES: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. The HSS Awards is an annual initiative run by the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS). Congratulations to Aja Marneweck (CHR), CHR Artists in Residence Ukwanda, and partners Net vir Pret on this achievement. This talented team also received a nomination in 2022 for The Final Spring (Barrydale, 2019).

            NIHSS https://www.nihss.ac.za/awards

            Reboot Eden Program:

            To view this years Barrydale Parade, please select the hyperlinks in red


            Day 1: 10 Years of Puppetry in Barrydale

            Wednesday, 16th December

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            8am: Screening of Documentary Film, ‘Kagg’agn Dreams’ (2014).
            3pm:  ‘Vollie die Volstruis’ from Celebration – 10 years of the Barrydale puppet parade by The Net vir Pret Jazz band
            6pm – Main Event:  ‘Booi’s Soul Searching adventures’

            Day 2: Voetpad van die Vroue

            Thursday, 17th December

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            8 am: Screening of Documentary Film, ‘Karoo by die see’ (2013).
            10 am: Screening of Documentary film ‘Die Name wat ons Gee’ (2015) 
            3 pm: ‘Here comes the Storm’ from Celebration – 10 years of the Barrydale puppet parade by The Net vir Pret Jazz band
            5 pm: Puppet workshop with Ukwanda’s Siphokazi Mpofu.
            6 pm – Main Event: ‘Die Voetpad van die Vrou’

            Day 3: Walking with Mnumzaan/Walking with Elephants 

            Friday, 18th December

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            8 am: Screening of Documentary Film, ‘Olifantland’ (2016) 
            10 am: Screening of Documentary film, ‘Looking for Ned’ by Professor Premesh Lalu
            3 pm: ‘Arise’ from Celebration – 10 years of the Barrydale puppet parade by The Net vir Pret Jazz band
            6 pm – Main Event: ‘Mnumzaan’

            Day 4: Protect the Redfin

            Saturday, 19th December

            10 am: Screening of Documentary Film, ‘River and Redfin’ (2018) 
            3 pm: ‘River’ from Celebration – 10 years of the Barrydale puppet parade by The Net vir Pret Jazz band
             6 pm – Main Event: ‘Protect the Redfin’
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            The Net vir Pret Barrydale Puppet Parade and Performance: 18 December 2022

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            From the Office of the Vice-Chancellor: Statement on the Barrydale Reconciliation Day Festival

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            Reboot Eden: The Art of Recovery

            For the past ten years the Centre for Humanities Research’s Laboratory of Kinetic Objects has been engaged in a mutual education and arts initiative (along with partners Net Vir Pret, Handspring Puppet Company, uKwanda Puppetry and Design Collective, and Magpie Collective) in the village of Barrydale some three hours outside of Cape Town. Given the COVID-19 pandemic, this years Barrydale parade is set to convene remotely.

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            The song was inspired by a request made to Selanvor (who is fast becoming one of Barrydale’s celebrated young artists) from residents of the village, to create an artistic response to the virus and the time we are in now.

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            The Final Spring (Barrydale 2019)

            The Centre for Humanities Research and partners Net vir Pret present the ninth annual Barrydale Giant Puppet Parade and Performance.

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            Net vir Pret at the Assitej Creative Arts Training Programme for After School Practitioners and The Future Focus Education Conference

            Five new interns and three staff members from Net vir Pret participated in the week long workshops focused on Creative Arts development for After School Practitioners.

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            The CHR and Net Vir Pret Annual Giant Puppet Parade and Performance, Barrydale, 16 December 2018

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            The Centre for Humanities Research, University of the Western Cape, Handspring Puppet Company, Ukwanda, Net Vir Pret, Magpie Art Collective and Stanley John Films present […]

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            A Film by Stanley John The 2016 Barrydale Puppet Parade and Performance, called Olifantland, a multilingual visual theatre show featuring five majestic life size elephant […]

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            Olifantland – Barrydale Parade 2016

            The 2016 Barrydale Puppet Parade and Performance brings you Olifantland, a multilingual visual theatre show featuring five majestic life size elephant puppets by Adrian Kohler from Handspring Puppet Company in collaboration with UKWANDA Puppet and Design Collective.

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