New puppet venue at the City Museum to offer weekly shows

A new puppet venue is set to open at Cafe 8 in the Galway City Museum every Sunday – the company in residence, Your Man’s Puppets will stage two shows every Sunday starting on September 19.

Your Man’s Puppets Director is Thomas Baker, who began performing on the streets of Galway while studying fine art.Then, after many years of travelling and working in puppetry in the USA and Sweden, he returned to Galway and began Your Man’s Puppets in 2002.

It has since developed from a local entertainment and educational group for children into a full-scale production company with an international outlook.

The emphasis is on craftsmanship and stagecraft, which results in visually striking puppet creations with an instantly recognisable style.Your Man’s Puppets is dedicated to the belief that puppetry is a highly sophisticated theatrical experience, capable of reaching audiences of all ages. This puppet theatre company has brought richly textured, artistic and contemporary productions of Irish legends to venues all over Ireland, Europe, and parts of Asia.

Official opening of the puppet venue at the City Museum will be performed on Sunday week at 1pm by Galways City Arts Officer James C Harold. Seats are limited to 50 per show so booking is advisable .

For booking contact [email protected] (a minimum of a day before shows) or text 086 3997196 (a minimum of two hours before shows) – tickets cost €5.

Your Man’s Puppets has performed productions at the Galway Arts Festival, Baboró International Arts Festival for Children, Kilkenny Arts Festival, The Electric Picnic and Westport Arts Festival also the Ishara puppet festival New Delhi, the out of the box festival in Singapore and many more.