Puppets

As with masks, learning the art of puppetry is an extraordinarily joyful and varied journey, combining teamwork, empathy, psychology and spontaneity and is a must for any drama curriculum. To accompany our puppetry workshops Strangeface now provide beautiful, hard wearing puppets designed by artistic director Russell Dean for school, college and professional use.

We recommend ‘A Practical Guide to Puppetry’ by Mark Down, acclaimed artistic director of Blind Summit. This is a wonderfully easy to use guide to all aspects of puppetry and it has a particular focus on bunraku style puppets as sold by Strangeface. Packed with excellent diagrams and illustrations, it is perfect for teachers creating practical lesson plans, schemes of work or directing puppets in performance. Follow this link to purchase from Blind Summit’s web site.