Masterclass 2026

WITH PETER HIGGIN

Immersive Principles, Audience Positioning and Worldbuilding

We are thrilled to announce a new week-long immersive Puppetry Masterclass, titled Immersive Principles, Audience Positioning and Worldbuilding. Our guest artist for 2026 is Peter Higgin, Founding Artistic Director of Punchdrunk Enrichment.

ABOUT

In this practice-led 5-day masterclass, hosted at All Saints’ College in Bull Creek, you’ll explore the core principles of immersive work, with a particular focus on audience positioning, spatial storytelling, and worldbuilding. Using the school site as both inspiration and canvas, you’ll work with found stories and the unique histories embedded within the space to transform ideas into living, participatory worlds.

MASTERCLASS PROGRAM

The five-day course will loosely be focused around the following areas of practice:

  • Immersive principles and how they operate in practice.
  • Audience positioning and the design of participatory experience.
  • Spatial storytelling and working with found spaces.
  • Worldbuilding with found stories and site histories.
  • Sharing and reflecting on immersive work with a live audience.

With all content delivered in an open, workshop-based setting, the week will provoke ongoing dialogue about creative practice, using the site of All Saints’ College as both a provocation and a playground for exploration. Participants will gain practical tools, shared language, and embodied learning to support the design of imaginative, audience-centred experiences rooted in storytelling, play, and meaningful participation.

The week will conclude with a sharing of work with students in the school, offering participants the opportunity to test ideas with a live audience and reflect on the experience of making immersive work in an educational setting.

Previous experience in immersive or theatre-based practice is welcome but not at all necessary.

SPECIAL GUEST ARTIST – PETER HIGGIN

Peter is the Founding Artistic Director of Punchdrunk Enrichment and a co-founder of the world-renowned theatre company Punchdrunk. For over two decades, he has been a pioneer of immersive theatre, crafting rich story worlds in heritage sites, schools, and found spaces.

Having worked on more than 50 immersive projects, Peter’s work is rooted in a commitment to equitable access and high-quality, socially engaged practice. After stepping back from Punchdrunk Enrichment in 2025, he now works as a freelance practitioner and consultant, helping creative teams and cultural institutions harness the power of imagination and transformational storytelling.

DETAILS

Dates: 4 – 8 May 2026
Times: 9:00am – 5.00pm, Mon – Fri
Venue: All Saints’ College, 28 Ewing Ave, Bull Creek WA
Course Cost: $550.00

Spots for this masterclass are limited, so make sure to secure your place today!

For questions or more information please contact us:
Philip Mitchell – Artistic Director | ad@sppt.com.au | 08 9335 5044

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As this masterclass is held on a school site, all participants are required to hold a current Western Australian Working with Children Check (WWCC). Don’t have one yet? Spare Parts Puppet Theatre can assist you with your application prior to the commencement of the program.

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