Randi Edmundson

Randi wears many hats in the world of puppetry, including producing, directing, performance, and design. Her limitless passion for the form has taken her across the country and the globe, including artistic research with Papermoon Puppet Theatre in Indonesia, and she loves introducing new puppeteers to the potential of the form. With her six-time Jessie Richardson Award-winning company Little Onion Puppet Co., Randi has toured multiple original puppet works across Western Canada, including the long-incubated family show Otosan and Scribble, which premiered this fall at the Gulali Festival in Yogyakarta. With close collaborators Shizuka Kai and Stephanie Elgersma, Randi produces puppet slams and learning opportunities for the Vancouver International Puppet Festival. As a puppetry artist, she has worked with Studio 58, Presentation House Theatre, Chemainus Theatre Festival, Neworld Theatre, Caravan Farm Theatre/Urban Ink, the Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry, the National Arts Centre, Lunchbox Theatre, Upintheair Theatre, and Western Canada Theatre. On screen, Randi has puppeteered for commercials, short films, and TV series, including Netflix’s Snowpiercer. She holds a BFA in Performance from the University of Victoria and an MFA in Directing from the University of Calgary. Randi is grateful to create as a freelance artist on unceded Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh territory in Vancouver and on unceded Secwepemc territory in Kamloops.