http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Laura Bacon is the creator and puppeteer of Patsy May who went all the way to the finals of Britain’s Got Talent.  She’s also puppeteered on Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Dark Crystal Age of Resistance and the recent incarnation of Spitting Image.  I talk to Laura about her path to puppetry and her career on this episode of Under The Puppet.

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CONNECT WITH LAURA BACON: Instagram - https://instagram.com/thatlaurabacon Twitter - https://twitter.com/thatlaurabacon YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/StrappyMango Instagram (Patsy May) - https://instagram.com/totallypatsymay YouTube (Patsy May) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgyc90X8NRDYnkdsB1DO8vQ Instagram (Mavis) - https://instagram.com/mavissuffolkfox

DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Sesame Street - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Street

Fraggle Rock - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraggle_Rock

Caroll Spinney - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroll_Spinney

Kevin Clash - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2020/10/utp-52/

Warwick Brownlow-Pike - https://instagram.com/warrickbp

Terry Pratchett - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett

Men At Arms - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_at_Arms

Of Muppets and Men - https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Of_Muppets_and_Men_(book)

Long Lake Camp for the Arts - https://www.longlakecamp.com/theater-camp/

Glorified Sock Puppet Pattern - https://projectpuppet.com/products/the-glorified-sock-puppet-pattern

Peter Linz - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Linz

Phil Fletcher - https://instagram.com/philfletcherofficial

Patsy & Ian - https://youtu.be/XcST-RUYzCM

Britains Got Talent - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain%27s_Got_Talent

Mavis the Suffolk Fox - https://youtu.be/R4VcRIrCfpI

Mavis on the Radio - https://youtu.be/1pC-UnHAf2A

Solo: A Star Wars Story - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo:_A_Star_Wars_Story

Dark Crystal Age of Resistance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Crystal:_Age_of_Resistance

Frank Oz - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Oz

Jerry Nelson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Nelson

Alice Dinnean - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2019/01/utp-24/

Neil Sterenberg - https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Neil_Sterenberg

Spitting Image - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitting_Image

Evening with Patsy May - https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/an-evening-with-patsy-may-at-the-museum-of-comedy/

CLIPS HEARD ON THIS EPISODE: Britain's Got Talent - https://youtu.be/WdU-d4MbAws Mavis - https://youtu.be/R4VcRIrCfpI

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Art by Parker Jacobs Music by Dan Ring Edited by Stephen Staver

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