Hand to Mouth Theatre present a bright, funny and musical version of the traditional Punch and Judy show in a old-fashioned seaside style, but very much in the present with each particular audience. It is distilled from 11 summer seasons on the beaches of Kent, full of knockabout nonsense, and guaranteed to produce belly-laughs in the children and nostalgic guffaws from the adults.

Martin Bridle is acknowledged as one of the best Punch and Judy practitioners in the country, and has passed on his wisdom at The International School of Marionettes in France, Turku Arts Academy in Finland, and at a Master Class at Norwich Puppet Theatre. He has performed at The National Theatre, Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Tate Britain, the Millenium Dome, and many international puppet festivals. Martin and Su are founder members of the Punch and Judy College of Professors and the Punch and Judy Fellowship. Su is also the illustrator of children’s book “Punch and Judy in the Rain” written by Martin and published by Hamish Hamilton.

INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCES OF PUNCH AND JUDY:
UNIMA Festival Pecs, HUNGARY
UNIMA Festival Llubjiana, SLOVENIA
UNIMA 90th Celebrations, Prague, CZECHIA
Helsingborg, SWEDEN
Titerimundi 1987, 1992 and 2019 Segovia, SPAIN
Lingen, GERMANY
Munich Puppet Museum, GERMANY
La Merce Festival, Barcelona, SPAIN
Moscow City Puppet Theatre, RUSSIA
International School, LUXEMBOURG
Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Charlesville-Mezieres, FRANCE
Topolciansky, SLOVAKIA
Las Palmas Festival, GRAN CANARIA
Vienna, AUSTRIA
Puppeteers of America Festival, Seattle, USA
New England Festivals, USA
Puppet Buskers, Ghent, BELGIUM
Lambert Puppet Festival, IRELAND
Turku, FINLAND
Banska Bystrica, SLOVAKIA
Puppet Museum, Lisbon, PORTUGAL
Bornholm Puppet Festival, DENMARK
Puppet Festival Zaragoza, SPAIN
Puppet Days, Warsaw, POLAND
SL'UK Bratislava, SLOVAKIA