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  1. Punch'n'Judy

    PJF Festival

    I was working at the PJF Festival in Covent Garden, London, on Sunday and it was a pleasure to see Richard Coombs' Punch and Judy show again. We worked together at the Buxton festival earlier this year but this was the first time Richard's new show had been performed in front of Punch and Judy...
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    Loss of Fraggle Director

    Geoff Felix has asked me to report the recent death of Alastair Clarke, director of a number of Fraggle episodes. His brother has been trying to contact various puppeteers using his old address books, so we thought a post here would help spread the rather tragic news. James
  3. Punch'n'Judy

    Avenue Q London

    We now know that Avenue Q is to come over to England, thanks to Cameron Macintosh Ltd, and probably will start off at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. Just wondering if anyone has heard what will happen in terms of casting. I do hopw that the roles go to puppeteers, rather than singers...
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    Long haired polar fleece

    Came across some long haired polar fleece today and am very pleased with it. It has the elastic qualities of fleece, but the long haired fur look. It dyes well (either on a stove or in the washing machine) and is reasonably cheap. Anyone else here used it? James
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    Mike Quinn

    I had lucky break the other day, in that I had taken a Muppet style aardvark puppet, that I am making at the moment, over to a friend who is a puppeteer and maker, for advice and suggestions. Geoff had worked extensivley with Mike Quinn, Karen Prell and Dave Barclay at Ultimate Animates...
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    Guide to Fraggle Floorwork

    I spent a very interesting hour yesterday reading through a friend's copy of The Guide to Fraggle Floorwork, by Amy Van Gilder, which details rigging etc for Fraggle Rock. Until then I was unaware of it's existence. Lot's of nice Muppet making facts etc in it. I for one was unaware that Fraggle...
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    Shark

    I was in Camden earlier this week so thought I'd walk up Oval Road to C.S just to kill a bit of time and there was a rather large shark in the back yard there. Any ideas where it's headed for or what it was from? Cheers James
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