Have you ever considered a career in television puppetry? The ideal job for you may have just come up...
CBBC ALBA is looking for Gaelic speaking performers who are interested in developing their on-camera puppetry skills on a new children's puppet series called Meaban's Moo.
The show centers around best friends Meaban and Moo, a highland cow and a puffin, are best friends. 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.
The show's developers describe it as 'simple, fun, silly and fast paced' with the audience coming 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 chosen puppeteer 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.
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!"
Interested candidates are asked to send a video introduction of themselves, including their name and age and a one-minute video of a puppet (or your hand) singing or lip-syncing to a nursery rhyme or song and a short piece written about your experiences or interest in puppetry.
Applications should be sent to sarah.mackinnon01@bbc.co.uk by July 30, 2021.
