Graham Soul

Graham Soul is a Canadian bilingual puppeteer, designer, and author who is known for his freelance work across Quebec and at the Puppets Up festival. Since 1993, he has been a professional puppeteer for both television/film and theatre, performing all different types of puppets from marionettes to hand to tabletop. Graham toured with many French-Canadian theatre companies and also performed in the films Higglety, Pigglety, Pop and Hugo and the Dragon, as well as many commercials. Soul should have worked on Canadian projects for the Henson Company or on Sesame Park. But he was probably much too busy with his theatrical career across Quebec. His most recent show as seen in Puppets Up festivals is called Cuckoo, where he served as a puppeteer, composer, writer, designer, and stage director. Who would've thought that someone as talented as Graham Soul would be a huge success across Canada and maybe even the whole world? You never know when his works will reach other countries. And he did get to meet the legendary Noreen Young before her death, since she was one of the founders of Puppets Up in Canada. Graham is still performing in theatre today with his show Cuckoo, and he was one of the lucky non-Muppet performers to work for Warner Bros for doing Higglety, Pigglety, Pop. Soul may not have been an international Sesame Street performer, but at least met someone who was, since Young did Dodi on Sesame Park. He is also another one of those Canadian puppeteers to be bilingual, the other is Pier Paquette, as both performers speak English and French. I hope his puppetry career will keep going for the near future, and maybe a Muppet performer will see his work. Graham Soul, you're a master at puppetry and you've done terrific in that field since 1993. Keep on puppeteering so that everyone in the world will know more about you, by looking you up or checking your LinkedIn profile. Until then, don't stop until you decide to (which won't happen for years probably). Nice job Graham. Peace out Soul!

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