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Puppet Place is the home for puppetry in the South West. Based in Bristol’s historic Harbourside, our building at Unit 18 is packed with creative businesses and artists. Established as a charity over 40 years ago to support puppetry practitioners in the region, we are now a thriving community network.

Together, we seek to innovate, research, and develop – to nurture new ideas and emerging talent – to further develop the artform of puppetry – and to engage with the public through our work.

Puppetry is any creative practice that brings the inanimate to life. As such, Puppet Place embraces many forms of puppetry and related fields, such as animation, film, theatre, visual and interactive arts, creative technologies and robotics. From design and fabrication, to devising and manipulation, it takes skill, passion, and imagination to breathe life into a puppet.

Puppet Place is the one-stop shop for all things animated. Visit Resident Artists and Associate Artists to find out about our creative community.

Did you know that we also provide discounted access to our Rehearsal Studio & Fabrication Bay via our Annual Associate Artists Membership Subscription Scheme, as well as to commercial clients?

If you have any questions or need further information please email info@puppetplace.org.