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Looks like there is a neat-looking show called "Mercurius Lumen" taking shape in Minneapolis. It features a cast over 50 (fifty!) puppets. Minnesota Public Radio has a written article at http://news.mpr.org/features/2004/01/23_robertsc_puppetepic/ and there is also a link to the audio story on...

I'm sick this weekend and mostly bed-ridden so to alleviate my boredom I decided to pop in to the DVD player my "Follow That Bird" DVD which I got as a Christmas present but never got around to watching. It's a pretty sparse DVD. The "special features" are a theatrical trailer and the ability...

Has anyone else seen this site? http://puppetgreetings.com

Chick-Fil-A (which I guess is a US-based restaurant chain) has just announced they will be sponsoring two years of PBS' "Between the Lions." No word yet on whether this means the show is going back in to production. Here's the press release ~ http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040121/clw042_1.html

Has anyone seen this show on Nick? I don't think it airs here in Canada. Apparently Peter Linz performs Skeeter (puppetry only, not the voice).

I just found out about a great source for puppet costumes, Build-A-Bear Workshop which is a chain of stores that sell customized Teddy Bears and Teddy Bear accessories. They have tons of cute stuff. It's all made for 12" Teddy Bears so their products may be too small for some puppets but it's...

Another (paying!) puppet opportunity. This one I just heard about via Puptcrit: The Garden State Puppetry Guild in conjunction with the Penny Pretzel Playhouse in South Orange New Jersey is seeking a puppet performance for its March meeting. The performance will be open to all guild...

Found this puppet opportunity online: The puppets are animatronic and don't worry if you've not done this type of puppeteering before- we'll teach you. We will be filming in Kingston, NY. Kingston is located approximately 2 hours from New York City by bus or by car. We can't offer any pay...

Hi all, Just wanted to share that I'm hearing good things about a new puppet theatre opening near Washington D.C. - The Puppet Co. in Glen Echo, MD. If you're from the area you might be familiar with the Puppet Co's existing location. If so you'll want to check out their new place (built from...

Writer, artist and comics theorist Scott McCloud has finally posted the latest installment of his popular ground-breaking "picture in picture" web comic "The Right Number." Check it out at http://www.scottmccloud.com/comics/trn/intro.html I don't think there is any really inappropriate...

Hi there! I am really in need of the cloth Ernie hand puppet from the 1970s. This was the soft-faced, cloth puppet (made by Fisher Price I think) and not the more common rubber one. I'd be willing to pay a very good price for one, irregardless of it's condition so check your closets...

I was just on Yahoo joining one of their puppetry groups and discovered that there are over 230 different ones! Now obviously many probably aren't very good, but still that's a lot of puppetry discussion. Check it out -...

Has anyone else seen this? For a Sesame product `ya got to wonder what they were thinking....

I thought this might be interesting to read if you're a Labyrinth fan....it's another excerpt from Neil Gaiman's blog (the last one about "Mirrormask" can be found here). This was a question Neil was answering for a reader about Labyrinth/Mirrormask: Question - I read that you and Dave had...

Hi all, I've been meaning to share this with the board, and was reminded today by an article I read....one of the styles of puppetry I am very intrigued by is Taiwanese glove puppetry and one of the puppeteers/filmmakers I really admire - who is also virtually unknown here in North America -...

I just thought I would share this little snippet of info on the progress of "Mirrormask" that I read in Neil Gaiman's blog: Let's see -- Mirrormask wise, as far as I can tell everything is going fine. Whenever I talk to Dave McKean and actually ask him how it's going he makes that despairing...

Another interesting puppetry opportunity, this time in NYC: The Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre is looking for traditional vent puppets and puppeteers. We would like to have a chorus of vent dummies in our upcoming production, "The Life and Times of Lee Harvey Oswald." We are...

Another great opportunity to pick up some puppetry skills, this time in PA... Renaissance Artist Puppet Company has an opening for an intern for 2004. This position is a 20 hour a week commitment. Regular schedule Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 10 am to 2 pm. The remaining 8 hours will...

Hi all! This is something I cam across elsewhere on the web, it's from Mathieu Rene a puppet builder in Quebec (check out his site at http://www.magma.ca/~uubald/). I haven't actually tried this technique, but it sounds interesting.... I Have been experiemtning with different materials to...

I'm looking for videos of the Puzzle Place, a mid-90s preschool puppet series. Does anyone have these or know where to get them? I never saw any home videos available here when the show was running. If someone has tapes I'd be willing to work out a trade or something like that (I have a lot of...