Peter Stinson & Brenda Whiteman

Who are we?

The roots of Red Smarteez Marionettes lie with Brenda Whiteman's earliest work in the visual arts. Brenda built her first marionette as a painting student at the Alberta College of Art as part of an experiment in interactive figurative art.

Peter Stinson, a painter, writer and performer, became more involved in 1998 which led to the first full theatrical show.

The Making Of

Get a peak at our world of marionettes from building the puppets to our elaborate sets to our public shows.

Two puppets in the upper windows of their puppet house with Brenda Whiteman sitting down and looking at them from the right.

Westmount Story

Red Smarteez’s latest project was in the works in Summer 2023, and it is now a film showing at festivals in 2024!