Richard Robinson

Richard Robinson is a British puppeteer, actor, writer, and festival director who is known for founding the Brighton Science Festival, the biggest science festival in the UK. As a puppeteer, he built and performed puppets for many shows like Spitting Image, The Riddlers, Dizzy Heights, Puddle Lane. The only series Richard performed on where he didn't build the puppets was on the 1994 revival of Rainbow, where he played Bungle. Prior to becoming a puppeteer, Robinson was a busker until the mid-1990s when he was exposed to science and became a science busker with science cabaret acts. I don't think anyone on Earth has ever combined science with cabaret performances. In addition to puppetry, he also wrote nearly twenty books on science with his best-known ones being The Science Magic books and Why the Toast Always Lands Butter-Side Down. It seems that Richard Robinson is more focused on science than entertainment since founding and directing the Brighton Science Festival from 2005-present. At least he got to perform with several Muppet performers on the shows he did such as Angie Passmore, Richard Coombs, Nigel Plaskitt, and Steve Nallon, to name a few. He seems to be one of the few puppeteers in the world to also focus on science, puppeteers who performed scientific puppets don't necessarily count. I hope Richard is still doing well at the Brighton Science Festival, keeping everyone and everything running smoothly. You never know what would happen to the festival if Robinson were to step down. But I'm sure he'll have a friend of his take over the role of director when the time comes. Still, the 1990s seemed to be his biggest puppeteering gig yet as that decade had loads of shows involving puppetry and such. Richard Robinson, you were marvelous working on all of those shows mentioned above. And you're still doing fabulous as the festival director for Brighton Science Festival, it's your top priority yet. Keep up the great work and you'll be legendary across the world soon. Until then, don't stop being scientific Richard. You're definitely considered a genius Robinson!