Please Help...mobile puppet stage plans

[doctort13]

Does anyone have any plans to build a mobile puppet stage that they are willing to share? I am a poor puppet guy (aren't we all) that wants to try performing at street festivals this Summer.

If you have any plans/tips/suggestions on building a mobile puppet stage please email me at: wumpmucket@fuse.net

Thanks for your help!
t3rry

 

[Whatever]

http://forum.muppetcentral.com/showthread.php?t=11935

 

[fishbone]

what about

how about a stage you can wear?i don't wanna spend $300 bucks & i need it to break down

 

[Buck-Beaver]

These might have been mentioned in the other thread, but:

Plans for a PVC puppet stage ($27 but you can get the gist from the photos they've posted)
http://home.comcast.net/~frbcpuppets/stage.htm

Article on how to build PVC stages
http://www.bright.net/~jonadab/puppets/stages.htm

Some decent puppet stage plans
http://sunniebunniezz.com/puppetry/stages.htm

Many of the Christian puppetry sites have good stage plans available on them.

Does that help?

 

[fishbone]

yeah that's dope, but i mean the kind you wear :

 

[Buck-Beaver]

There's a few designs I've seen but don't know of any URLs...try searching for Punch and Judy stages as some Punch performers use those. Many common puppetry books have stage designs in them. Check the library. Myself I would just make a PVC frame and find a way to mount it on to a frame backpack (available at army surplus stores or outdoor outfitters).

Otherwise here's some pics of a strolling stage that might be helpful:
http://homepage.mac.com/ernieguderjahn/puppetpictures.html

A strolling stage you can buy, but about $250 US:
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/puppetproductions/strollingstage.html

 

[Show and Tell]

OneWay Street has plans for a very inexpensive backpack stage u can make. Its in the puppetry stage plans book that is only $10. It's well worth it. Its extremely adaptable.You can even mount a little portable karaoke machine in it for a sound system. And If you can't afford the price of the backpack you can make something similar out conduit. Just be careful in its construction as carrying something on your back for long periods can hurt your back perminantly if the frame isn't contoured correctly.

 

[doctort13]

what I was thinking of

was something like this

I can't afford $250, so if I could somehow knock it together for $50 it would be great.

 

[Buck-Beaver]

Yeah, you can't skimp on the backpack frame, the good ones here cost $80-$120 US but prevent you from hurting yourself.

 

[doctort13]

I have a backpack frame, I just need to look up close at some plans to figure out how to build one of these babies.