He believes that keeping puppeteering alive will encourage new generations of keen theater-goers and patrons of the arts.

"Almighty Opp," a musical puppet show that has had an on-again-off-again presence on a Koreatown street corner for the last 25 years, is back with a vengeance after a break. (Carlin Stiehl / For The ...

Stephen Foster, from East Kilbride, is among just a small number of people in the UK still making traditional wooden puppets.