About Puppet Power North

Puppet Power North (PPN) is led by Mark Edwards who has honed his puppetry

skills over the last decade working with amateur societies, schools and youth groups.

PPN can provide workshops for individuals, groups, and learners of all abilities.

Whether you are a keen hobbyist, a complete beginner or a seasoned professional

PPN can help you develop your skills with basic puppet making and puppetry

performance.

Adult Courses

PPN currently offers different courses, as well as developing bespoke courses that

can be designed to suit your group’s needs. Whether it is working with single puppet

or full-blown full puppet performances. Browse our website to find out more.

Children’s Courses

Fully insured and DBS checked, PPN offers courses to enable young people to enjoy

working with puppets. PNN works with schools as well as youth groups including

playgroups and Scouts and Guides with workshops that can suit all budgets.

Courses enable young people to experiment with puppetry and develop a lifelong

love of performing. Browse our website to find out what is on offer.

Mark Edwards has been in education for over 35 years and has used puppets

throughout his time as an educator. After being inspired through a Noda summer

school course he has for the last 10 years developed puppet workshops for young

people and adults. Amassing a collection of over 150 different sorts of puppets.

So many productions now use puppets and the courses he leads helps artists bring

puppets to life, maintain a realistic presence and enable the audience to suspend

their disbelief and focus solely on the puppet. All done in a friendly and supportive

way ensuring puppeteers remain comfortable, gain confidence and most importantly

have fun!

For the last 20 years he has directed musicals for a number of local amateur operatic

societies. Run workshops for young people and adults. 2024 see him direct a

production of Avenue Q.