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Handspring Puppet Company

Handspring Puppet Company is a South African puppetry and contemporary-theatre company founded in 1981 by Adrian Kohler,...

Theater Contemporary South African Puppet Company

9.4 Excellent

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Manual Cinema

Manual Cinema is a performance collective founded in Chicago in 2010. Its productions combine handmade shadow puppets, m...

Contemporary Chicago Shadow Puppetry Puppet Shadow Company

9.0 Excellent

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The Two and Only (Jay Johnson show)

The Two and Only is a one-person Broadway stage production created and performed by Jay Johnson. It combines memoir, com...

Theater Jay Johnson Ventriloquism Broadway Solo

8.7 Great

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Tyrone (Hand to God)

Tyrone is a fictional demonic sock puppet featured in Robert Askins' play "Hand to God." He is operated by Jason, a shy...

Character Theater Broadway Hand Puppet

8.3 Great

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Guignol

Guignol is the main character in a form of puppet theater originating from Lyon, France, created by Laurent Mourguet aro...

French Theater Traditional Hand Puppet

7.7 Good

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Hurvínek

Hurvínek is a Czech marionette character created by puppeteer Josef Skupa in 1926 in the city of Plzeň. Originally conce...

Theater Traditional Czech Marionette

7.7 Good

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Karagöz

Karagöz is the central character and namesake of a traditional Turkish shadow puppet theater that originated in the Otto...

Theater Traditional Satirical Turkish

7.5 Good

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Spejbl

Spejbl is a Czech marionette created by puppeteer Josef Skupa in 1920. Usually portrayed in a plaid jacket and wooden cl...

Theater Traditional Czech Marionette

7.4 Good

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Axtell Expressions Ugly Bird Puppet

The Axtell Expressions Ugly Bird is a professional-grade foam puppet created by ventriloquist and puppet builder Steve A...

Bird Performance Comedy Axtell

7.4 Good

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Polichinelle

Polichinelle is the French form of Pulcinella, the masked figure of the Italian commedia dell'arte. Traditionally shown...

French Theater Traditional Hand Puppet

7.3 Good

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Axtell Expressions Hyper Monkey Puppet

The Axtell Expressions Hyper Monkey Puppet is a professional-grade ventriloquist puppet manufactured by the California-b...

Performance Comedy Animal Axtell

7.3 Good

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Hacivat

Hacivat is one of the two central figures in Karagöz, the traditional Turkish shadow-puppet theater, where he serves as...

Theater Traditional Turkish Foil

7.2 Good

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Axtell Expressions Gorilla Puppet

The Axtell Expressions Gorilla Puppet is a professional performance puppet manufactured by Axtell Expressions, a Califor...

Performance Comedy Animal Axtell

7.2 Good

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Judy (Punch and Judy)

Judy is a central character in the traditional British Punch and Judy puppet show, recognized as the wife of the main pr...

Performance Traditional Hand Puppet Punch And Judy

7.1 Good

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Paul Zerdin

Paul Zerdin is a British comedian and ventriloquist known for combining stand-up performance with character puppets. He...

Contemporary UK Comedy Ventriloquist

7.1 Good

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Gnafron

Gnafron is a companion of Guignol in the traditional puppet theatre of Lyon, France. He is commonly portrayed as a cobbl...

French Theater Traditional Hand Puppet

6.8 Fair

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Joey the Clown (Punch and Judy)

Joey the Clown is a supporting hand-puppet character in the British Punch and Judy tradition. The character is associate...

Performance Traditional Hand Puppet Punch And Judy

6.8 Fair

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Don Cristóbal

Don Cristóbal is a traditional Spanish glove-puppet character related to the rough comic figures found in European popul...

Theater Spanish Traditional Andalusian

6.5 Fair

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Kasperle

Kasperle is a traditional character from German-language puppet theatre, related to the broader European family of comic...

Theater Traditional Hand Puppet Jester

6.4 Fair

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Jan Klaassen

Jan Klaassen is a traditional Dutch puppet-theatre character related to the Italian Pulcinella and to other European com...

Theater Traditional Dutch Clown

6.3 Fair