Ronnie Burkett on satire in puppet theatre (Part 17 of 20)
Channel: Canada's Theatre Museum
Date: 2017-03-16

“and the audience got to vote on whether he lived or died…and it’s a puppet”

Ronnie Burkett on satire, improv, and how artifice at a remove is a freer and open palette for his work.


One of Canada’s foremost theatre artists, Ronnie Burkett has been credited with creating some of the world’s most elaborate and provocative puppetry.  In this series of interviews with Canadian actor RH Thomson, Burkett talks about characters, storytelling, process and more.


In 2001 Ronnie Burkett received the President's Award from the Puppeteers of America, and in 2003 the Herbert Whittaker Award for Outstanding Contribution to Canadian Theatre. In 2009 he was awarded the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre for Design. In June 2019, he was named Officer of the Order of Canada. 



Interviewed by R.H. Thomson on February 7th, 2012 in Toronto. Filming location courtesy of Factory Theatre.