What can I expect from a Bob Baker Marionette Theater show? Fantastical delight, childlike joys, and, on average,100 unique handcrafted puppets! Our shows have a run time of approximately one hour and end with (shh! It's a surprise!)

Puppetry is a very ancient form of theatre which was first recorded in the 5th century BC in Ancient Greece. Some forms of puppetry may have originated as long ago as 3000 years BC. Puppetry takes many forms, but they all share the process of animating inanimate performing objects to tell a story.

Marionette puppetry was used to display rituals and ceremonies using these string-operated figurines back in ancient times and is still used today. Puppetry was practiced in Ancient Greece and the oldest written records of puppetry can be found in the works of Herodotus and Xenophon, dating from the 5th century BC.

Punch and Judy shows were familiar sights on the streets throughout the 19th century. Their performances were often heralded by drums or panpipes played by the Punchman's accomplice or 'bottler', whose job was to collect the money from the audience.