# https://mytabletheatre.com > Handcrafted 1/24 Scale Wooden Puppet Theatres ## Posts - [Types of Puppetry](https://mytabletheatre.com/types-of-puppetry/): In short: Puppetry is one of the most universal theatrical art forms, with every culture developing its own tradition — from glove puppetry (Punch and Judy, Bodehi) and marionettes (Kathputli) to shadow puppetry (Wayang Kulit), Bunraku, rod puppets (the Muppets), and ventriloquism. - [Watching Yourself](https://mytabletheatre.com/watching-yourself/): In short: Recording and reviewing your own performances closes the gap between how you think you appear and how you actually appear, and it's one of the most reliable tools for steady improvement. - [Why every school should teach drama](https://mytabletheatre.com/why-every-school-should-teach-drama/): In short: Drama is often the first subject cut when school budgets tighten, but it uniquely teaches communication, emotional intelligence, resilience, literacy, and empathy through deliberate practice rather than instruction. - [Acting in the workplace](https://mytabletheatre.com/acting-in-the-workplace/): Picture a hotel conference room on a grey morning. - [Adaption and Creation](https://mytabletheatre.com/adaption-and-creation/): In short: Shakespeare, Dickens, Stevenson, and Wilde all built their greatest works from existing myths, chronicles, and theatrical traditions rather than inventing plots from scratch. - [Careers in the performing Arts](https://mytabletheatre.com/careers-in-the-performing-arts/): In short: Careers in theatre, TV and film extend far beyond acting to include writing, directing, design, technical and production roles, producing, and marketing and audience development, each with its own distinct training pathways. - [The psycology of a puppet](https://mytabletheatre.com/014-the-psycology-of-a-puppet/): In short: Audiences respond emotionally to puppets even while fully aware they're watching wood, fabric, and a visible puppeteer, a phenomenon rooted in animism, dual processing, and the audience's own projection into the puppet's stillness. - [Phrases from litrature that still have meaning](https://mytabletheatre.com/phrases-from-litrature-that-still-have-meaning/): In short: Everyday expressions like "wild-goose chase," "green-eyed monster," and "tilting at windmills" all originated in specific literary works — mostly Shakespeare, Dickens, Cervantes, and Lewis Carroll — and have since drifted from their original context into common use. - [Bodehi](https://mytabletheatre.com/009-bodehi/): In short: Bodehi is Taiwan's tradition of glove puppetry, brought by Chinese immigrants during the Qing Dynasty and transformed into a distinctly Taiwanese art form performed at temple festivals and, later, on national television. - [The Importance of being Earnest](https://mytabletheatre.com/011-the-importance-of-being-earnest/): In short: The Importance of Being Earnest is Oscar Wilde's 1895 comedy about two men who invent fictional alter egos to escape social obligations, told through some of the sharpest epigrammatic dialogue in English theatre. - [Treasure Island](https://mytabletheatre.com/004-treasure-island/): In short: Treasure Island began in 1881 as a map Robert Louis Stevenson drew to entertain his stepson on a rainy Scottish holiday, before growing into one of adventure fiction's most enduring novels. - [The art of transformation: makeup and prosthetics in theatre, TV and film](https://mytabletheatre.com/003-the-art-of-transformation-makeup-and-prosthetics-in-theatre-tv-and-film/): In short: Makeup and prosthetics is a multidisciplinary craft spanning theatrical face paint dating back to ancient Greece through to today's sculpted silicone prosthetics used in film and television. - [How Theatre Builds Confidence](https://mytabletheatre.com/002-how-theatre-builds-confidence/): In short: Theatre builds confidence by giving teenagers safe, repeatable practice in speaking up, taking on other perspectives, recovering from small mistakes, and collaborating with others. - [The History of Toy Theatres](https://mytabletheatre.com/001-the-history-of-toy-theatres/): In short: Toy theatres originated in early 1800s Britain as printed sheets of characters and scenery sold alongside popular plays, becoming a central form of Victorian family entertainment before declining with the rise of cinema and television. - 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