The newest episode of Beneath The Puppet (see earlier posts) includes a Canadian puppetry legend.

Nina Keogh is a well-known for her work on basic youngsters exhibits like Right now’s Particular and Mr. Dressup. A 3rd technology puppeteer, her mother and father have been two of Canada’s first tv puppeteers John and Linda Keogh. Within the episode Nina discusses her household historical past, in addition to her personal lengthy profession working in movie and tv puppetry.

Like so many Canadian youngsters, I grew up watching Nina’s characters almost daily on TV. She helped encourage a whole technology of Canadian puppeteers, not solely thought her work, but in addition skilled workshops. Nina really taught the primary lesson I ever had in on-camera puppetry at a puppet pageant I attended as a youngster. It’s troublesome to understate Nina’s significance to Canadian puppetry. I’m so glad that Beneath the Puppet is continuous its mission to “protect puppetry by way of the non-public tales {of professional} puppeteers” by together with her’s.

Episodes of Beneath the Puppet can be found wherever podcasts will be discovered. Bonus materials from this episode that features extra dialogue with Nina is on the market completely on the Beneath the Puppet app for iOS and Android. Go to Saturday Morning Media to study extra.