Puppet Notebook

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Issue 1 Winter 2004 Out of the shadows

Reggio Emilia: arts in education Sally Brown
Exchange for Change: Zannie Fraser
Letter from Italy Glyn Edwards
Svankmajer's Feast Ajka Kostelova
Puppets in Paris Robert Fowler
The Cave: performance dossier Hermione Kontogoula
The Shadow's Other Side: workshop with Amoros et Augustin Diana Bayliss
Puppets from Hungary: photo feature
Interviews with Andras Lenert and Eszter Papp
Action Through Art: UNIMA Congress Meg Amsden
Rocky meets Dostoevsky: Pilsen festival Ajka Kostelova
Death and the Plumber: Rijeka festival Meg Amsden
Bululu: a new Spanish journal John Morley
Round up of puppet museums and archives
Bibliography: books on shadow theatre Ray DaSilva

Issue 2 Spring 2005 On the move

Der Butcheroper Horatio Blood
Szopka Scrooge Trev Hill
Bill and Brenda in Zagreb Jo Munton
What's cooking in Holland? Damiet van Dalsum, Eliane Attinger, Chris Pirie
Jan Klaassen: Punch's closest cousin John Morley
Daemon Puppets: Philip Pullman on Stage Nigel Beanland and Sarah Mooney
Troubled Identity: Puppet Theatre in Catalonia during and after the Spanish Civil War Cariad Astles
Carmen and Job Eleanor Margolies
Born out of scraps: Pinocchio illustrated by Sara Fanelli Ilil Land-Boss
The Victorian Marionnette Theatre Ray DaSilva
Pollock's Toy Museum Heidi Vantinnen
Transposition and survival in Delhi Mandira Nayar
Lexical Lego Dan Bishop

Issue 3 Summer 2005 Living traditions

Skipton: Puppetry Hotspot Diana Bayliss interviews Liz Lempen
Going Home? John Blundall
Japan's Living Traditions: Osaka Bunraku Theatre Elizabeth Ingrams
Village Dances: Music and Puppetry in Polish Carolling Trevor Hill
Shadow Worlds: Video in Motion Ramon Abad
Sofadammerung: Kalappmaul's last performance Penny Francis
A Splendid Prospect: Potudan's St Petersburg Jane Phillips
American Collections Matthew Isaac Cohen
The Secret Life of Puppets Matthew Isaac Cohen
Specialised Stringing Martin MacGilp
Yes, Ja, Oui Paul Hansard
The Sublime and the Ridiculous: John Furse Robert Fowler

Issue 4 Winter 2005 Other worlds

At the Heart of the Fringe  Dorothy Max Prior
Flying Pigs: Hand to Mouth in Korea Martin Bridle
Virtual Puppets: Animation and Performance in the Classroom Chris Abbott
A Hive of Puppeteers: Puppetry in Seville Jo Munton
Grandmother's Footsteps: A flickbook  Jam Today
Power Behind the Throne: The Desacralisation of Puppetry in Rajasthan (Part I)  Poh Sim Plowright
Being Green: Jim Henson Cushla Brennan
Animating the Dream: The RSC's Midsummer Night's Dream Chris Abbott
Hungarian Revival: Janos Palyi Bennie Pratasik

Issue 5 Spring 2006 Take a puppet for a walk

Bedsteads and a Bag of Nails: Movingstage in Lahore Juliet Middleton
Smoke and Noise: Dada puppets Mischa Twitchin
Feet First Natalie Naraine
Power Behind the Throne: The Desacralisation of Puppetry in Rajasthan (Part II) Poh Sim Plowright
Winter Journey: Thomas Guthrie Animates Schubert Eleanor Margolies
An Illustrated World: Review of Eileen Blumenthals's Pupetry and Puppets Matthew Isaac Cohen
Treasure in Munich Geoff Felix

Issue 6 Summer 2006 Calling out around the world

Finland in Transformation Maiju Tawast
In Breathing Hands: Handspring Puppet Company Eleanor Margolies
Horsing About: Forkbeard Fantasy at the Races Penny Saunders
Follow the Grey Giants: Puppets for Health Awareness in Kenya (Part I)Thomas Riccio
Classroom Ethics: Training Kenyan teachers in puppetry Tony Mboyo
The Man Who Planted Trees Stephanie Green
Romeo and Juliet: No Nonsense Rachael Ayres
Unlocking Doors: Puppetry in Education and Therapy Caroline Astell-Burt
Surreal Articulations: Hans Bellmer Mischa Twitchin
Post-Dramatic Theatre: Hans-Thies Lehmann Mischa Twitchin

Issue 7 Winter 2006 New life for old things

Shadows and Music: Schwabisch Gmund Zannie Fraser
A Feisty Mentor: Lily Herzberg Paul Herzberg and Adrian Kohler
Skateboarding into the Future Rucina Ballinger
A Sea of Puppeteers: Charleville Mezieres Anna Ingleby
Out the Box: South African puppetry Penny Francis
Icarus in the Megapolis: Silent Tide Hartmut Topf
Scale: A Preview of Puppet Planet Lesley Butler
Follow the Grey Giants: Puppets for Health Awareness in Kenya (Part II) Thomas Riccio
Cats, Unicorns: Docteatern Tittut Zannie Fraser
Angels and Mermaids: Celebrating John Wright Penny Francis

Issue 8 Spring 2007 Meeting the audience

The Actor's Primer: Cariad Astles and Gareth Martin
Get Your Head Round This: Steve Wright
Immediate Associations: Christiane Klatt
Sailing to Sweden: Vyvyan Bennett
The Fear Brigade: Adrian Mitchell and Miriam Nabarro
The Virtual Puppeteer: Lucy Childs
Signing Puppets: Kinny Gardner
A Tale of Two Horses – Handspring:  Elizabeth Ingrams
In Search of an Audience: Robert Fowler

Issue 9 Summer 2007 Special issue: Masks ancient and modern Guest editor, Malcolm Knight

Ancient Spaces: Margaret Coldiron
Student Celebrations: Cariad Astles
Commedia in Residence: David Griffiths
Mask Theatre: Bob Frith
A Maker's Eye View: Ninian Kinnier-Wilson
Who Am I Anyway? Mike Chase
Ancient Masks: Margaret Coldiron
Recreating Ancient Masks: Malcolm Knight
The Mask – Some Considerations: Adriano Iurissevich
Trestle: Latest Developments: Emily Gray
‘Knowlittle': Meg Amsden
The Umbrella of Scarborough: Robert Fowler
Current mask books

Issue 10: Newly Visible