The Judy Project: A Critical and Historical Investigation of Women and Puppetry from the Eighteenth to the Twenty-First Century
Alissa Mello and Kate Newey
The Judy Project is a three-year transhistorical study of women practitioners, female gender and its representations in Punch and Judy from the 18th century to the present day. It investigates who these women are, what they have contributed, how they have shaped this iconic English tradition, and how meaning and gender, that are embedded in the performance, have evolved relative to social and cultural shifts over time. The suite of project outputs planned include publications, a practice component and this website.
