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'Hamish Fletcher was a founding member of Kneehigh puppeteers in 1995, he studied acting at VCA and went on to work in the props department of SOCOG and perform in the Sydney Olympics opening and closing ceremonies as an aerialist and stilt walker. During his postgraduate diploma in puppetry (2004) he also completed an artist in residence program at the Melbourne Aquarium and later studied briefly under Philippe Genty and Mary Underwood. 2005 saw him spend most of the year in Japan designing part of the Australia day celebrations at the World Expo (Aichi) and stage-managing the outdoor artist program for the Australian Pavilion. He has worked as an Assistant Director in puppetry for the Melbourne Commonwealth Games opening ceremony and was also a member of the Prop making team for the event. Hamish worked as a puppetry consultant and performer in Windmill Theatre’s production of The Wizard of Oz, studied a Masters in Puppetry at the VCA and worked part time for ABC Childrens TV.' (Men of Steel website, 2013)