The question about what are you doing with your left hand is relevant only if you are are using your right hand to hold your puppet. If you are using your left hand to hold your puppet the same question would be true of your right hand.…
From time to time we get a request from someone that shows a spark of creativity. Recently a person contacted us and asked if they could have the face of “X” puppet, and the hands of “Y” puppet, the body of “Z” puppet.…
We have talked about this topic before and have gotten much good feedback about it, so it is probably a good thing to mention it again from time to time as a reminder.
When you are performing, make sure that your puppets eyes stay focused on someone in the audience while he/she is speaking.…
Stop for a minute and think about some of the best Ventriloquists you have ever seen. Then think about the ones that you remember that seemed the most “lifeless” and were just a puppet with a moving mouth. Even though the ventriloquist was good and had no lip movement, if the rest of the puppet just “sat there” without moving, the act was at best only half as good as it could have been.…
We want to suggest a way to find some new ideas this week. We are not suggesting that you steal material from anyone, but now and then you want to find little ways to get new ideas to use in your show.…
This is a small tip and easy to achieve, but it is also very important.
Recently I was watching some videos of a well known Ventriloquist. There was something in his performance that really bugged me and it took a while to figure it out but when I did it became crystal clear and then really bugged me.…
