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22 AUGUST: Swanage Seaside Special
Join Punch and Judy guest for a day full of puppetry, silliness, and sausages! Celebrating 10 years of Prof Joe Burns operating the Swanage Punch and Judy show. Two guest performers will join the rostra for the day, with an extra special puppetry guest joining in the fun. Don't miss this Swanage Seaside Special! Full programme announcement coming soon - check back here or on facebook.


MORE MR PUNCH ACROSS THE COAST
Excellent news for beach Punch and Judy this year with two resorts welcoming Punch and Judy back. After a couple of years without Puppetry, Punch, Judy and other puppet friends are taking residence in Eastbourne for the summer from 21 July. David Wilde presenting his Royal Punch and Judy show on Tuesdays, and puppeteer extraordinaire James Arnott is staging puppets on parade every Thursday. Read all about it! Another beach reuniting with Punch, is Sandbanks where prof William


BOGNOR REGIS PUPPET PARTY RETURNS!
A Celebration of Puppetry at the Bognor Regis Puppet Party 2026 “The very best of traditional family entertainment comes to Bognor Regis” This September a whole host of puppet shows, and street entertainers will take over Bognor Regis seafront. The Bognor Regis Puppet Party 2026 will feature Punch and Judy, marionettes, ventriloquism, clowns, magicians and musicians. Based at the Royal Norfolk Hotel, the free event will star Mr Punch and his world-famous sausage stealing anti
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