Truth is unkind as it can be, but it is the yardstick you need to judge your performance by. It is after all the way your audience will see you and they came to be entertained by you, not to be kind to a friend or family member who needs a little encouragement.…
Recently we sent out a set of final approval photos to a lady we have begun to develop a real friendship with. In recent months she has been ordering quite a few new puppets, and although we have known of her for several years, she has I believe, traditionally been a hard figure Vent.…
We want to take a few minutes and cover a very important aspect of ventriloquism that is not often talked about.
The topic is your puppets First Aid Kit.
Almost everyone who has ever performed more than just a few times will tell you that the rules hold true for puppets as well as for people.…
A large part of our customers are ventriloquists. To those of you that also use “hard” figures or ventriloquist dummies, here’s an idea for you to consider.
We’ve been hearing horror stories about traveling vents and their luggage containing their ventriloquist figures get lost and they can’t perform or have to change their performance.…
We take a little bit of time almost everyday to watch videos of performances that are out in “the cyber zone”.
We love watching the many creative performers that make their living entertaining folks with puppets. We also get a kick out of watching some of them who are not quite as good.…
One thing we can’t stress too much is the importance of knowing each of your characters. Even if you are working from a very tight script, little things can happen in a performance to affect your ability to stay on script.…
