Marzieh Boroumand, actress, puppeteer, screenwriter and director of TV series

Not only will attending a regional, national or international puppetry festival introduce you to even more working puppeteers, it is also a great way to see professional puppet performance and be exposed to a variety of puppetry styles. Additionally, festivals offer workshops where attendees can learn a wide variety of puppet building and performance techniques. 

We participated in a puppet foam-construction workshop at the first puppetry festival we attended, back in 1993. It was there that we learned many of the puppet building skills we still use today.