The Old Trout Puppet Workshop

The Old Trout Puppet Workshop was founded back in the blustery winter of 1999, with the dreaded Y2K looming, on a ranch in southern Alberta – their first show opened in the bunkhouse to an audience of cowboys and Hutterites. Since those distant days, the Old Trouts have made many puppet shows for both children and adults that tour around the world, written and illustrated many books, crafted immense sculptures, taught eager young apprentices the secrets of their mystical art, made films (including a Juno Award winning video for Feist, and a Christmas special with the NFB), and now create large scale shows with companies like the National Arts Centre, Theatre Calgary, Alberta Theatre Projects, Vancouver Opera, and Calgary Opera.