MATTHEW
ROMAIN 
SINCE 1980 Matthew Romain has been creating
imaginative stories and amazing puppets to go with them. His work in puppetry
with The Join Hands
Puppeteers Inc. is known across Canada, and with over 1500 live performances to his credit,
the Ontario Arts Council has called him Ontario’s best puppeteer. His audience sensitivity and
rapport make him a welcome guest in any community. He also teaches the art of puppeteering on elementary school, high school, and
University levels. His keen sense of fun is appreciated by both children and
adults, and he is called upon often to tutor educators, performers, and even
public speakers who want to spice up their message by using puppetry skills.
Mr. Romain is in high demand for theatre productions involving any puppetry
aspects. From Joseph’s Technicolour Dream-coat, &
Little Shop of Horrors , to Peter Pan, & Into the
Woods his work consistently receives the highest praise, and Matthew is rewarded
with the adulation of his audiences and the respect of his peers and
presenters.
Matthew is a strong Mentor
Artist in the international education development movement through the Royal
Conservatory of Music Learning Through
the Arts (LTTA) bringing artists and teachers together to
find creative ways to teach curriculum. He is Manager of LTTA for South Western
Ontario. In April of 2002 Matthew was
presented with an award by Mme. Chretien in Ottawa for mentorship, along with
five other outstanding LTTA mentor artists, and in 2006 he received the
Heritage Canada Award for Collaboration in Education. In 2007 he was presented
Royal Conservatory of Music's
2007 Aiko Suzuki Award.
Matthew has a number of
aliases and is also known in some circles as Capt'n
Matt, Colonel W. D. QuackHorn, Professor Spyder Onyurheyd, The Man from
Planet X, Comic Art Historian Arthur Nouveau, and the French ringmaster Monsieur
Hercules Oiseau.
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Capt'n Matt
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Colonel
W.D. Quack-horn
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Professor Spyder Onyurheyd
a.d. 2101
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"Mr.
X"
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M. Hercules
Oiseau
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The Fake
Mayor
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AWARDS
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Mayor Mike Hurst presents the 2002
Mayor’s Awards for Excellence to Matthew and his side kick monkey.
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Matthew
Romain with Gerry Connelly, Director of Toronto District School Board.
Matthew received The Canadian Heritage Collaboration Award, Gerry
received the Gov’t of Ontario Teacher Dedication
Award, Matthew’s puppet friend received a giant novelty bogus cheque for
one-gazillian dollars.
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In
April of 2002 Matthew was presented with an award by Mme. Chretien in Ottawa for mentorship.
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The
Aiko Suzuki Award: To celebrate the memory of Aiko Suzuki who transformed the lives of students and teachers
in the Learning Through the Arts program (LTTA) by so generously sharing
her skill and passion as an artist. The award is dedicated to an LTTA
Mentor artist who, like Aiko,
has passionately contributed to LTTA through artistry, excellence and devotion.
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E-mail Matthew at  puppet@mnsi.net
All your base are belong to us.
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