Welcome to the homepage of puppeteer Frankie Malachi! In this website, you will find news and updates on Frankie’s upcoming projects, samples of his work, and information on his puppet shows.
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Frankie’s Biography
Frankie Malachi (pronounced mair-ler-kai) is a professional puppeteer based in Singapore, and the founder and creative director of Mascots and Puppets Specialists, a company that produces and choreographs puppets for television, theatre, media, government bodies, and many other institutions.
Frankie is a sought-after international performer, and has performed with puppetry in many nations, including Vietnam, South Africa, Palestine, and Thailand. He recently won top honors at the Second International Marionette Festival 2010 in Hanoi, Vietnam, where he was awarded the Gold Award for Best Performance, the top festival prize, and the Gold Award for Best Artist (Individual Puppeteer). He was also awarded the Special Award for Excellence in Puppet Design at the Festival.
Frankie’s giant puppet creations were also featured in the Opening Ceremony of the first-ever Singapore Youth Olympics Games 2010, which was broadcast to an international audience of millions of viewers, as well as Singapore’s National Day Parade 2009, where he was specially commissioned to create a series of giant puppets representing the ethnic diversity of Singapore.
Frankie credits his creative development to puppetry heroes like Jim Henson and Frank Oz, as well as marionette master Phillip Huber of ‘Being John Malkovich’ fame, with whom he has personally studied. Frankie is considered a pioneer in the use of giant puppets, marionette puppetry, and black-light puppetry in Singapore.
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