Characters

Elias Ppiros is an Adelaide-based Designer and Puppet Maker working in the areas of Theatre, TV, Live Performance, Events, Exhibition, and Installation.

Elias made puppets for season one of Windmill Pictures and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s TV series Beep and Mort, and has worked with organisations world-wide including the State Theatre Company of South Australia, State Opera South Australia, Handspring Puppet Company, Windmill Pictures, Patch Theatre, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the British Broadcasting Corporation, Slingsby Theatre, Restless Dance Theatre and Barking Gecko Theatre.

Elias holds a strong interest in the intersection of puppetry, audience interactivity and immersion. Believing puppets are a universal language, he aspires to make works that are accessible to all, while embracing puppets as a pathway to a rich, textural, and sensory world. Bringing happiness out of others and encouraging the never-ending pursuit for the exploration of the imagination are at the heart of all of Elias’ works.

Characters will be on display at Festival Gallery – a brand new venue that can be found in between Joondalup Library and the City of Joondalup Administration, at 102 Boas Ave, Joondalup.

For more information about Festival Gallery, see Plan Your Festival.

Festival Gallery is wheelchair accessible and can be entered via a ramped path from the car park.

Characters is not a performance, but an exhibition that can be viewed at any time during gallery open hours.

The exhibition is interactive and multi-sensory, with instructions given on how to interact with each puppet.

From 3pm – 4pm every day is Quiet Hour at Joondalup Gallery, where any music will be played at a low volume and all guests will be asked to use quiet voices to reduce anxiety and sensory stress for visitors with varied needs.