Effigy

16/10/2014

A great video resource.

Learn to create hand & rod puppet understructures with BJ Guyer (THE MUPPETS, CRANK YANKERS, GLEE).

13/10/2014

Amazing retro puppetry video that takes you through basic skills of puppetry. This includes some new ideas : Entrance & Exit, Height & Positioning, Eye Contact, Lip Synchronization and Believable Action.

Great Puppet Training Resource! Learn basic puppetry skills & techniques for Good Puppetry. This is an old Black & White video on Puppetry by the One-Way-Str...

10/10/2014

Did you know the V&A hold a beautiful collection of puppets? If you're in London - check it out!

This is the subject hub for Puppets

07/10/2014

I for one cannot stop listening to SAKIMA's track 'Energy.' Please like, share and listen. Show all your friends; true talent not to be missed!

Click here now to subscribe to THUMP: http://bit.ly/Subscribe_to_THUMP Sakima's video for "Energy" is a James Blake-ian sadboy eulogy for a night spent wande...

04/10/2014

Check out these amazing puppet shorts. Great chance to read into some great companies and artists.

Witness the highest standards of craft reflected in many different styles of puppetry.

30/09/2014

Great article about how puppetry is great therapeutically, and not just for performance or teaching. Worth a read puppeteers!

Puppet Therapy is one of the most therapeutic forms of self-expression and non-verbal communication you'll ever come across, for a lot of different reasons.

23/09/2014

A great puppetry piece from a German puppetry company. Check out their other videos - some great work with a style of puppetry Effigy are interested in exploring.

Mit den Figurenspielern Alice Therese Gottschalk, Raphael Mürle und Frank Soehnle haben sich drei Schüler des weltbekannten Marionettenvirtuosen Albrecht Ros...

18/08/2014

Very excited to be heading off to Shambala Festival this week to check out Puppet Place's Smoking puppet cabaret.

17/08/2014

Excellent video about character shape within Commedia dell'Arte. Closely linked with puppetry as the similarities, including a fixed character with requires a lot of voice and shape within a character. Check it out!

Each commedia character has a specific physical shape and way of moving. This film was made over a two day workshop with a group of young actors and lead by ...

10/08/2014

Breath is so important when it comes to puppetry. Check out this stunning exploration of choreographing breath. Look out for how they use things like musical instruments as an aid. Awesome stuff!

The Tony award-winning Handspring theatre company explain how they go about choreographing breath in their puppets, during rehearsals for 'Or You Could Kiss ...

05/08/2014

A great example of how puppetry can be sucessful with two puppeteers. the humour of the interaction between puppets and puppeteers is great. This is part of a polish theatre exam. Worth the watch puppeteers!!

2. część egzaminu z przedmiotu Gra aktora lalką na 1 roku. Etiuda Michała Karczewskiego i Michała Karwowskiego. Opieka pedagogiczna: Jacek Dojlidko 2. part o...

02/08/2014

Catch us on the radio?! No!!? Not to worry, we'll post a podcast link later. But for now focus your attention on getting your self down to for our show at 7:30pm.