Punch And Judy

10/09/2026

The Bayeux Tapestry has returned to England after nearly 1000 years and from today it can be seen at the British Museum.

Did you know that the Bayeux Tapestry, which dates back to the 1070s, contains the very first recorded image of a Punch and Judy performance?

In this remarkable scene, the puppets are shown entertaining Harold Godwinson, the final Anglo-Saxon monarch to rule England before the arrival of William the Conqueror and the Norman Conquest.

This year, the British Museum is offering a truly unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see this legendary artifact in person.

09/09/2026

07/09/2026

Mr Punch has something exciting in the works. A joy to revisit George Cruikshanks’ magnificent illustrations from 1828.

07/09/2026

Mr Punch, in the capable hands of Simon Buckley, as part of BBC educational programming from the 1990s.

This programme forms part of an archive of British schools televisi...

05/09/2026

This summer Prof Joe Burns celebrated ten years of performing at Swanage with the Swanage Seaside Special, a festival of puppetry and Punch, with performers William Vaughan, David Wilde and James Arnott.
Great photos, and a great day. Congratulations Joe Swanage Punch and Judy Show

31/08/2026

The great Professor Jingles out in Suffolk today.

Thanks to Andrew Davis for the super pic.

30/08/2026

Thank you to our lovely audience putting up with it being so moist! What a show it was, even with all the wetness. Let’s see what this weekend has in plan for us, hopefully Judy has a dry day. She needs it!

30/08/2026

Over in Essex again today for a wonderful vintage fair.First show at 12.30pm

30/08/2026

It's the penultimate Summer Sunday at Gorleston Bandstand today. Free Punch and Judy shows at 1pm and 3pm, plus fabulous music from 11am until 7pm.

Thanks to Pavilion Theatre & Bandstand Gorleston

24/08/2026

Some recent press for Old Red Nose.