Ah, the Joy of Marionettes!

In case any of you were wondering if it really IS that fun being a puppeteer, this photo is evidence that it is as sickeningly fun as you might have thought. It's fun, but it's also living on the edge. There's nothing quite like getting your strings tangled onstage, or smacking your head into a pipe of the venue's very low ceiling while trying to gather props for the next scene. There's nothing like watching people's eyes "freak out" at tiny wooden people meandering around on stage. There's nothing like flexing your marionette muscles, the lats you develop from weeks of rehearsing, holding and heaving puppets and props in your Fakers pinafore.