{"id":10,"date":"2015-03-12T14:08:01","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T14:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avada.theme-fusion.com_demos\/lifestyle\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-03-10T17:15:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:15:36","slug":"ronnie-burkett","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.johnlambert.ca\/ENGLISH\/ronnie-burkett\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronnie Burkett"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RONNIE BURKETT<\/h2>\n

A Passion For Puppetry<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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Ronnie Burkett has been captivated by puppetry since the age of seven, and began touring his shows around Alberta at the age of fourteen. Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes was formed in 1986, continuously playing on Canada\u2019s major stages, and as a guest company on numerous tours abroad.<\/p>\n

Ronnie received the 2009 Siminovitch Prize in Theatre, The Herbert Whittaker Drama Bench Award for Outstanding Contribution to Canadian Theatre, a Village Voice OBIE Award, and four Citations of Excellence from the American Center of the Union Internationale de la Marionnette. In 2019, Ronnie Burkett was appointed as an Officer of The Order of Canada and in 2024 he received the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.<\/p>\n

Wonderful Joe <\/em>and Little Willy<\/em> are the latest productions from Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, following the international successes of Forget Me Not,<\/em> Penny Plain<\/em>, Billy<\/em> Twinkle<\/em>, 10 Days on Earth<\/em>, Provenance,<\/em> and the \u201cMemory Dress Trilogy\u201d of Tinka\u2019s New Dress<\/em>, Street of Blood<\/em> and Happy<\/em>. The Daisy Theatre<\/em>, Ronnie\u2019s wildly popular and ever-changing marionette vaudeville show, and the Daisy Christmas show, Little Dickens, <\/em>continue touring to great acclaim. Little Willy<\/em> is Ronnie’s uproarious production where William Shakespeare guides the cast of The Daisy Theatre in a production of Romeo and Juliet. Ronnie is presently touring his productions, Wonderful Joe, Little Willy, Little Dickens <\/em>and The Daisy Theatre<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes is represented globally by John Lambert & Assoc.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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