NOT CRYING TO MUCH Puppet Miranda cryingPlato: Why are crying, Miranda?M: Because no one cries when they have to.Plato: What do mean?  M: Didn't you ever want cry when you couldn't do…

The first puppet (marionette) version of "Hamlet" performed in Europe in 1626 in Dresden, Hamburg, Gdansk, and Frankfurt?An English translation of the text, first published in 1781, can be…

Collection of fairytales gathered by historian Franz Xaver von Schönwerth had been locked away in an archive in Regensburg for over 150 years.Read more here.Read one of the new tales "The Turnip…

Have you ever thought about using a teleprompter, like they use on television and some stage shows? You know, the kind where the script scrolls by, so the performer can read his part. I was reading a…

I know this is a hard one to research, and I've been doing it myself. I thought I'd post a link to my blog where I just discussed how to find info online about it. There's a lot of…

I've been writing to publishers to get permission to write and perform plays based on several books I like.  Does anyone have any experience doing this? Any information I could get on this…

I wondered if anyone out there had a good way to automate highlighting scripts with the computer?  The highlight functions are tedious and I wanted to write a macro that would automatically…

Hi P&Sians,I hope my constant questioning isn't becoming a nuisance to you - but I'm really keen to learn  I have read the threads on the forum, followed a number of links to other…

The Ducks in Motley now have their first medieval script. I would like some critical input to let me know if I am on the right track or not. This is the first puppet script I have written and I am…

Thought I should post this because I really enjoyed myself the other day. So I thought a good way to practice my puppet work would be to volunteer at the library reading to small children. Well I got…

Hiya guys. Been working on a script for a balloon/puppet show for birthday parties starting my friend Bopper the Greater North American Sock Monster. Bopper helps with the younger kids who have…

We copied an old movie gag where an alien got tangled up in a slinky for our puppet show this week, it worked great.  Puppet did not obey Mom quick enough when she said to pick up toys. slipped…

I've posted all the puppet skits we've done with our 4th grade Christian school puppet ministry over the last few years.  Keep in mind that I have to involve around 35 students in every…

I know from reading through members' profiles that there are many of you here who specialise in performing puppet shows in churches.Churches is a market we have decided to try and cater to in the…

As I mentioned in my last post about the StoryKit app for the smart phone, I am currently writing my own stories and puppet scripts for children. I have four original stories that I hope to get…

I have been writing my own stories and puppet scripts and am now very excited that I stumbled upon a story writing app for my iPhone. It's called StoryKit. The great thing about this app is that…

Can anyone help as to where I may find a No word skit to be used at Easter?Thanks all 

We will be taking a group of folks to minister in an area where the Bible cannot be taught- we don't speak the language so need "Character" building skits that are wordless- for puppets…

I'm thinking of hosting a few workshops this summer, at various summer camps, workshops are something I really want to get into so I figured that if I did some where the kids get to make simple…

I am entering an SCA Bardic competition and i thought 'what about an epically long type medeival/fantasy like story that is condensed into five minute plays?'I got the idea originally when I…