The Diploma in Professional Puppetry was established in 1991 and since then it quickly gained its international reputation, attracting students from all over the world who come to the LSP to facilitate their entry into professional life as puppeteers.
Dividing the coursework into discreet and easily accessible modules, each including a balance of practical and academic work giving any puppeteer trained at the London School of Puppetry a strong sense of identity leaving the course full of confidence and passionate for their craft.
Courses
COURSE FULL! Marionette Carving. A Summer School and ReCreation Puppetry Break 2
Marionette Making Summer School 12-18 June Yorkshire. Join us for this seven day course and learn traditional carving techniques and walk your marionette out of the workshop. The puppet style designed by Ronnie Le Drew...
Hand, Glove and Lip sync Puppetry Module
When television looked for puppets it looked for celebrities. Come and study with LSP and discover the celebrity in you and the puppets you make. This is your chance to become a star of stage...
Marionette Making Open Course
Join us for this seven day course and learn traditional carving techniques and walk your marionette out of the workshop. The puppet style designed by Ronnie Le Drew and Caroline Astell-Burt integrates John Wright's jointing...
Marionette Module
The marionette is a classical form of puppet. As it is a complete figure, operators often enjoy the solo nature of the piece developing some superb acts which are compelling to watch. The theme this...
ReCreation. Puppetry Breaks in Yorkshire
ReCreation offers you a unique experience of puppetry in the lovely Yorkshire Dales. Combine walking and site-seeing in Yorkshire with puppetry. Puppets, equipment, practical guidance and books are available for participants to create performances, or...
Rod Puppetry Module
Rod puppetry is the largest genre of puppetry from Table-top to Japanese style Otome and all in between. The course time is divided between solo, group work and tutorials. The scale can be extremely varied,...
Shadow Puppetry Module
Shadow Theatre is an enigmatic form of performance - comical like cartoons or borne out of our deepest fears and the unsolved mysteries of our lives. It might be expressed through the whole body or...