BBC ALBA has a very exciting project coming up later this year to create a new children’s puppet series called Meaban’s Moo.
This means that a new opportunity has come up because the producers are looking for Gaelic speaking performer who is interested in honing and developing their on camera puppetry skills to help with making the programmes.
Meaban and Moo, a highland cow and a puffin, are best friends. Quite the odd couple! They live in a fisherman’s shed by the bay and love it when their friend Linda pops by to set them their daily task.
This concept is simple, fun, silly and fast paced. The audience will come away having learned something, whilst not knowing that they were being taught anything in the first place. The repetition will help cement the words in the audience’s mind.
The programme makers hope to find someone who would like to start a career in television puppetry.
They would be working with Warrick Brownlow-Pike who has worked on some of BBC Children’s most successful puppet shows including ‘The Furchester Hotel’, ‘Hackertime’ and ‘Get Well Soon’. He has also been performing Dodge the Dog on CBBC and in the Cbeebies House since 2010.
They will also work alongside Colin Purves who has been a principle puppeteer in many films, including the Jurassic Park “World” franchise and the last five Star Wars movies.
Sarah MacKinnon from CBBC ALBA, said: “We’re really excited to have been given the go ahead for this new puppet series and hope to start filming in September.
“We are hoping to find someone who would like to start a career in television puppetry.
“If you have worked in theatre with puppets, have been teaching yourself at home or are just interested in puppetry then this may be the perfect opportunity for you!”
If you are interested please send:
• A video introduction of yourself, including your name and age.
• 1 minute approx video of a puppet (or your hand) singing or lip synching to a nursery rhyme or song
• A short written piece about your experiences or interest in puppetry
Email: sarah.mackinnon01@bbc.co.uk by 30th July 2021.