Snuff Puppets Board

Andy Freer  
Andy is the founder and CEO, co-artistic director, creator, writer, designer, director, puppet-maker, puppeteer and performer at Snuff Puppets. Andy began making giant puppets in 1988 with Splinters Inc, co-founding Snuff Puppets in 1992. Andy has showcased the Snuff Puppets repertoire of productions, workshops and collaborations to more than 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, South America and at home in Oceania. 

Daniell Flood
Daniell is a political art activist with over three decades in the arts. They joined Snuff Puppets in 1992 and currently serve as a board member, digital producer, promo manager, and puppeteer.

An award-winning activist, Daniell received the Access News ‘Activism in Arts’ award in 2000 for the Melbourne laneways graffiti campaign and the ‘Community Super Hero Award’ from the Maribyrnong Truck Action Group in 2020.

Daniell’s multi-media art installations have been featured at Footscray’s Big West Festival and Melbourne’s Centre for Contemporary Photography.

Millions have seen Daniell’s puppetry, highlights including sold-out performances at New York’s Madison Sq Garden and London’s O2 Arena with the Creature Technology Company and the BBC, as well as a one-year residency in Beijing performing with Dreamworks in 2014.

Daniell has also puppeteered with Melbourne’s Sanctum Theatre, A Blanck Canvas, Balooga, Polyglot Theatre, and Amsterdam’s Theatre of Hell.

Leo Gester  
Leo is an award-winning Arts Producer who has spent over a decade delivering sometimes weird but always wonderful projects right across the arts spectrum – from contemporary performance to community arts, as well as working on major events and festivals in Australia and overseas. He has worked for local governments, art institutions and independent bodies, but he grew up in art studios and galleries. He knows that great art isn’t always beautiful in the making, but the destination is usually worth the bumpy road.

Leo has won, managed or delivered over 70 public art commissions, and his bottom-up experience of diverse cultural projects grant him a unique set of skills to support artists and creative projects.

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The Snuff Puppets Board page is currently under reconstruction in early 2025—stay tuned for updates!

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We pay our respects to the late Kate Callingham, much loved & sorely missed on our Board. We thank all of our past Board Members x