The setup will be familiar to anyone who knows the usual plot line for the Punch and Judy puppet shows that came from Italian commedia dell’arte but morphed into popular entertainment in 17th ...

Mirrah Foulkes's black dramedy Judy & Punch takes the crude oral tradition of Punch and Judy's crass slapstick puppet shows and subverts the premise. And while this attempt at creative revisionism ...

When the Royal Mail wanted to produce a special edition of Punch and Judy stamps in 2001, it was Bryan who made the puppets. A new one costs upwards of £120. So, I have travelled to the Suffolk ...

“Judy & Punch” is inspired by the 17th century English puppet show Punch & Judy — only from Judy’s perspective. “This is essentially a fictionalized origin story of the classic puppet sho ...

The bloodthirsty audience seems more poised for a gladiator duel than a puppet show, but they sure get a kick out of the violent marionettes that Judy and her husband Punch (Damon Herriman ...

One year, it was puppet pie fighting ... But all along, he has been a Punch and Judy man. “I can’t explain it: it’s like someone grabbed my shirt and pulled me in,” he said.

Judy And Punch is an endearingly odd ... They dream of taking their puppet show to the big time, and escaping their provincial village, where the chief recreational activity is the stoning ...

Mr Poulton, 47, who has been charming audiences with his show since he was 16, said the Dorset seaside town had had a Punch and Judy show since 1880. But his income has fallen by as much as three ...

Adrian Danzig plays Pietro and Sarah Cartwright plays Charlotte in The House Theatre of Chicago world premeire, “A Comedical Tragedy for Mister Punch.” (Photo: Michael Brosilow) Share The ...

Early in “Judy & Punch,” a wife who’s just helped her husband perform a vigorously slap-happy puppet show in a desultory corner of 17th century England poses the question, “Do you think ...