Stick hand puppet

Kölner Hänneschen and Bärbelchen .

A stick hand puppet (also known as a stick figure ) is a type of figure guided from below in which one or more players carry the figure on a short, stick-like grip. This gives the figure a great liveliness and can easily carry or manipulate objects and props, an advantage over most other figure techniques.

One of the oldest stick hand puppet theaters in German-speaking countries that still exists today is the Hänneschen Theater in Cologne, founded in 1802 .

Well-known representatives of stick hand puppetry were also the Parisian puppeteer André Tahon (1931–2009) with his “Papotin Review” and the Swiss Fred Schneckenburger with his cabaret of the same name (1947–66).

This type of figure can be used for all subject areas.

There are also other stick figures , including stick puppets or short stick puppets, especially in the Chinese puppet theater .