He believes that keeping puppeteering alive will encourage new generations of keen theater-goers and patrons of the arts.

Stephen Foster, one of the UK’s last remaining marionette makers, is striving to keep the endangered craft alive. Based in East Kilbride, Scotland, the 47-year-old learned puppetry in high school and ...

Puppetry "continues to shape the evolution of contemporary artistic movements." Known for chocolate, pristine ski slopes, and charming clocks, Switzerland is also famous for its puppetry arts. An ...

Puppet master Nicolas Coppola has more than one string to his bow. The founder and artistic director of Park Slope’s Puppetworks theater does not just produce puppet shows — he also designs and builds ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A marionette puppet crafted in Europe during the 1930s is on display near the entrance at San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum. The marionette is from the family of Frank ...

The boxy white building with weathered paint in Echo Park offers few clues that colorful, fanciful puppets dance inside. For more than half a century, the Bob Baker Marionette Theater has entertained ...

Bob Baker Marionette Theater, May 29, 2019 (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) LOS ANGELES — This past May, a small team was busy putting the finishing touches on the ...

Stephen Foster, from East Kilbride, is among just a small number of people in the UK still making traditional wooden puppets.