Puppetry

Pelham Puppets Online - Puppet collectors, dedicated to puppets made by the Pelham Company from 1947 to 1992. History, care, range and classifieds.
http://www.ppo.co.uk/

The Puppetry Homepage - A puppet information resource including classifieds, events, workshops, techniques and construction.
http://www.puppetry.info/puppetry/

The Puppeteers' Cooperative - Contains information on how to make giant puppets, parades, and pageants.
http://www.gis.net/~puppetco/

Merrynettes - Hand crafted professional quality theater marionettes. Also creates one-of-a-kind caricature marionettes of celebrities, family, and friends.
http://www.merrynettes.com

PuppetFest Midwest - Annual event in Missouri presented by the Rumpelstiltskin Society. The purposeis to promote, encourage and illustrate the traditional skills of good puppet theatre. Includes photographs and details of each year's events.
http://www.puppetfestival.org/

Puppet Resources - Archive of free puppet skits, scripts and other resources.
http://www.puppetresources.com

Internationaal Poppentheater Festival - An annual puppet theatre festival held each summer in Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Includes program information and photos from previous years' events.
http://www.poppentheaterfestival.nl/index.php?page=static&id=5

Dynamic New Animation - A performance company that uses puppetry to creates shows for children and adults, and teaches puppetry. Information about shows, education, history, and contact details.
http://www.dynamicnewanimation.co.uk

Puppets2000 - An award winning, unique and highly interactive entertainment puppet site, containing "Behind-the-Scenes" and "How To" activities, as well as strong visual components with easy-to-use navigation.
http://www.puppets2000.com

Pat Brymer Creations - Creating professional hand puppets and costume characters for over seventeen years. Biography of Pat Brymer and the company, and photo gallery of creations.
http://www.pbcreations.com/

Scott Radke - Produces marionettes, drawings, and sand sculptures.
http://www.scottradke.com/

Uwe Sörensen - Maker of character marionettes, portrait puppets based on photographs, and string puppets, located in Hamburg, Germany.
http://www.marionettenbau.de/

Teia Moner. Theatre and puppets - Actress and puppeteer from Barcelona. Provides history, projects,images from puppets, shows, workshops and exhibitions.
http://www.teiamoner.com

The Great Shadow Play Nang Yai - An introduction to the classical Thai shadow play and the Nang Yai Conservation Project.
http://www.mahidol.ac.th/thailand/shadow.html

Punch and Judy - A nice history of Punch and Judy.
http://www.desktop.demon.co.uk/punch/punch.html

Push Puppets - An on-line gallery of both old and modern push puppets.
http://website.lineone.net/~honeywood/

Wel Ya Wel - Information about a puppet troupe, their characters and repertoire. Includes their history and mission statement.
http://www.welyawel.com/

Puppeteers of America - National Association of Puppetry. Festivals, membership information.
http://www.puppeteers.org/

WWWF Grudge Match: Lamb Chop vs. Pets.com - Pet Sematary III: A sock puppet battle from beyond the grave. [Humor]
http://www.grudge-match.com/History/lambchop-petscom.shtml

Greek Marionette Theater - All about marionettes in Greece and world wide. Videos, photos, links, and the marionette history.
http://www.marionette.gr

The Jim Henson Foundation - Founded in 1982 by Jim Henson to promote and develop the art of puppet theater in the United States, the Foundation awards grants to American puppet artists to develop new works of contemporary puppet theater.
http://www.hensonfoundation.org/

International Marionnette Institute - The International Puppet Institute of Charleville-Mézières was founded in 1981. Together with its National School of Puppetry (ESNAM), both with a world-wide concern, it represents an unparalleled set of means and activities dedicated to puppetry and its promotion. The Institute deals with many fields: education, vocational and continuous training, courses, meetings, publishing, research and documentation, exhibitions. Site in French and English.
http://www.marionnette.com/

Brandshaft Marionettes - Makes personalized puppets. Photo gallery of works, including celebrities, family members and imaginary figures.
http://www.shunammite.com/puppets.html

The Punch and Judy College of Professors - UK organisation of leading professional Punch and Judy performers.
http://www.punchandjudy.org

Puppetry Tech Notes - Short articles on various technical subjects about making and performing puppetry.
http://masterwill.blogspot.com/

World Wide Puppets - Photos and brief descriptions of works created for puppet theatre. See page two for information about "Reocurring Dreams", and how to participate in this new work for puppet theatre.
http://members.aol.com/cappy1pup/index.html

Renaissance Artist - Puppet builders and performers. Custom built puppets, mascot costumes, masks, and soft sculpture. Artist-in-Residence packages for schools.
http://www.renaissanceartist.com

Puppets and Stuff - Virtual community for puppeteers or puppet enthusiasts from around the world. Free home pages.
http://puppetsandstuff.com