Coal Mine Theatre’s Hand to God unleashes inner demons – in the form of a hand puppet Martin Morrow Special to The Globe and Mail Published April 28, 2019 Updated April 29, 2019 ...

The puppet show for grown-ups continues with an investigation into Air-Head’s fate, performed by five local puppeteers working with marionettes, hand and rod puppets.

“I can say things I wouldn’t be able to say without a puppet on my arm,” said Michelle Warkentin, a career hand and rod puppeteer with 20 years of experience in the puppetry world.

Hand-and-rod puppets, like Elmo and Abby Cadabby, are the most common in the show. Puppeteers stick their hand into the Muppet’s head to make it talk while the other hand moves the attached ...

Count von Count is a hand-rod puppet originally performed by Jerry Nelson and currently performed by Matt Vogel. The Count began as a parody of Bela Lugosi’s film portrayal of the vampire Count ...

Puppets with the hand rods outside the sleeves have a bent main rod. It is less tiring for the performer to raise the puppet by holding the bend at the end of the main rod and easier for him to ...

The play also uses Woolfe's puppets, operated by the two actors, to round out the cast. The mix between live action and hand and rod puppetry flows beautifully under Michael Waller's direction.

Scooter is a hand-rod puppet that was originally performed by Richard Hunt and is currently performed by David Rudman. Scooter is the nephew of J. P. Grosse, the owner of The Muppet Theatre on The ...

She's their puppet expert. Today, we're making a rod puppet. And this-- he's a very simple rod puppet. One main control rod, and that turns his head. And-- crumple!

Tyrone, the most 'shallow, violent, foul-mouthed puppet' comes to shocking life in Robert Askins' play HAND TO GOD at Players by the Sea Theatre in Jacksonville Beach, playing November 4 to 19.