Avenue Q

Puppet shows are for children only?
Naaahh....
You're wrong if you think so...

You should check this one: Avenue Q!
Avenue Q is an American musical show, well known for the use of  hand puppets, alongside the human actors. Most of its stories are addressing and satirizing the issues and anxieties associated with entering adulthood.  This musical show has a uniqueness : puppets are animated and voiced by actor/puppeteers who are present, unconcealed, onstage, but remain "invisible" relative to the story line. It means, the puppets and human characters completely ignore the puppeteers, and the audience is expected to do so as well. 

Here's an example of their performance. Take a look at how the puppeteers master those puppets very well.

See? I told you, puppet shows are not just for children only....:)

Script, script, script....!

For those who loves to do puppet shows, there is always one important thing : a SCRIPT!
You can't do a good puppet show if you don't have a script. Unless you are a very well-experienced puppeteer who have an ability to create a puppet story in a minute...!

Well, here's a good example of a book that talks about puppet scripts. It is written by a woman who has been doing ministries in many churches, mostly in children ministries or Sunday school.

It provides you a lot of puppet scripts , especially for you, Sunday School teachers, who want to use hand puppets as your unique media in Sunday School teaching or activities. 

It's worth to buy, since the price is very affordable. Affordable? Yes! Because a friend of mine gave it to me as a birthday present   LOL

Haha....No...seriously, it will only cost you less then Rp. 100.000,00.

So, what are you waiting for? Go grab one!

Oh, by the way, this book has been published in Indonesia only.