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The Audrey II site is functional again (at last). I still have to check all the external links over the next week or two.

Looks like they are doing open auditions for future Ave Q. companies over the next week in both NY and LA and they are "strongly encouraging" non-union performers to attend. If you live in (or can get to) Chicago, LA or New York and have strong singing abilities this could be your big chance...

Hi Philip, Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend, because of a last minute family emergency. I understand it was a lot of fun but there was very little media attention likely because it was just Bob and a couple of Sesame Street Live-ish mascots and not the actual characters. I've been...

It was pretty good. Canada loves Conan. They just would have cheered him on stage for half an hour - he didn't have to do anything. Even the crew was getting cheered at the Elgin Theatre last night before the show. Mike Myers was great. They just went all out doing a completely Canadian show...

Uh, yeah I should get around to fixing those. :o They got messed up last time the site wasn't loaded properly. Stupid Frontpage.

Foz, try the links & articles listed on The Audrey II Rental Homepage - http://www.geocities.com/angrypuppets/puppetshop/audrey2/how_to_audrey2.htm

Thanks for posting that. Good to hear that work is in fact progressing.

That's right, you do have to have a performance license to get them and even then I believe you don't get to actually keep the book. My company was contracted to build the entire set of Audreys in three weeks for a production in the US. I wasn't familiar with the show the first time I was...

Hey everyone, Conan O'Brien begins the first of four special shows taped here in Toronto tonight at 12:35 am on NBC. Looks like it is going to be a great week. He's got some great Canadian guests lined up like Mike Myers, Jim Carrey, Nickelback and the Barenaked Ladies. He's also been busy...

Female puppets are always hard to do well for some reason.

Looking for a strange, unusual, or hard-to-find item for your latest puppet building project? You should check out Google Catalogs where you can search thousands of printed mail order catalogs online. Google actually pays someone to sit and scan in almost every mail order catalog in the world...

I haven't really worked in either city, though I've done touring shows that went to NYC and I'm there on business a few times a year. I think it's a matter of which city is closer and many puppeteers work in both. Generally speaking, more kid's shows seem to be produced in New York, mostly...

I've already recycled my copy, but there was another Muppet reference. In the article on the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' first appearance on Ed Sullivan they have a series of "what ifs" - what if the Beatles had never appeared on the show. One of the gags suggested that with the Beatles...

The most difficult puppet I've ever had to attempt was probably the largest Audrey II from "Little Shop of Horrors" - the first time I built I did it without the benefit of Marty Robinson's "How To Audrey II" and it didn't work out well.

You may be waiting awhile. :p

I (or more accurately the shop I used to have) did a few of these for a TV commercial. I don't have pictures though! :(

Exactly! Here in Toronto the library system has a remarkable collection of puppetry reference material, but few people know about it because it's lumped in with their special children's collection. I'm seriously considering writing a really thorough, definative book on puppet building methods...

I think you have to use copper. People here have told me that steel rods can be soldered too, but I've never been able to do it (maybe special equipment is required?).

It should if it's done correctly. There's a link to a soldering tutorial in the article on my site if you need help with that.

I don't know for sure, but I think sales have been a little soft for LSOH. They were running some big discounts recently.