Ronnie Burkett gives Shakespeare the puppet treatment
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Ronnie Burkett gives Shakespeare the puppet treatment

Mar 11, 2026
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Ronnie Burkett, the Governor General Award-winning puppeteer, is back with a new show Little Willy. He joins Garvia Bailey to talk about why he wanted to do a provocative, comedic take on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Ronnie reflects on 40 years of doing puppet shows for adults with his Theatre of Marionettes and why audiences make the puppets “real.”

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