Paula Lambert (puppeteer)

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Paula Lambert
Born
Ireland
Nationality Irish
OccupationPuppeteer
Known forHer puppetry, Bosco

Paula Lambert is an Irish puppeteer, most famously she is the puppeteer of Bosco. She was a member of the Lambert Puppet Theatre in Monkstown, County Dublin. [1]

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Biography

Paula Lambert is the youngest daughter of puppeteers Eugene and Mai Lambert, one of the couple's ten children. From childhood, Lambert was a puppeteer with the family's Lambert Puppet Theatre, which was founded in 1972, and on their first television show, Wanderly Wagon . On the Wanderly Wagon Lambert was one of the mice who lived in the wallpaper and later one of the squirrels who lived in the loft. She was also on the spin-off series Fortycoats & Co. as Spooky the Cat. [2] [3]

Lambert took over from her sister Miriam as the puppeteer and voice of Bosco in 1981. After the cancellation of the television show, Lambert continued to tour Bosco around Ireland with the Paula Lambert Puppet Theatre. [2] [4] 2019 marked 40 years of Lambert's Bosco tours. [5] [6]

Lambert was in a relationship with Michael Monaghan, a former RTÉ producer and director, until his death in 2009. They have one child, Johnny. [7] [8] Johnny has joined the Paula Lambert Puppet Theatre as a third generation puppeteer. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ McCormick, John (2013). "Ireland". In Nagy, Peter; Rouyer, Phillippe; Rubin, Don (eds.). The world encyclopedia of contemporary theatre. Europe. London: Routledge. p. 488. ISBN   1136402969.
  2. 1 2 "Home Bosco's Box". BoscosBox. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  3. ↑ McCrave, Conor (5 September 2018). "End of an era as Bosco goes back in the box while famous Lambert Puppet Theatre is sold". The Irish Independent. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  4. ↑ Phelan, Kate. "A Brief History Of Dublin's Lambert Puppet Theatre". Culture Trip. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Paula Lambert Puppet Theatre Presents Bosco's Garden And Snow White". Town Hall Theatre. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  6. ↑ O'Keeffe, Donal (19 September 2018). "The Lambert Legacy is far greater than the Puppet Theatre". The Avondhu Newspaper. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "Michael Monaghan - A Tribute by Jim O'Hare". www.superannrte.ie. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "Living with the one and only Bosco". The Irish Times. 3 May 2001. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
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