The Lambert Puppet Theatre & Museum was a

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theatre located in

Monkstown, County Dublin Monkstown (), historically known as ''Carrickbrennan'' ( gle, Carraig Bhraonáin), is a suburb in south Dublin, located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It is on the coast, between Blackrock and Dún Laoghaire. The lands of the Carrickbr ...

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. It was a family-run business established in 1972 by

Eugene Lambert Eugene Lambert (1928 – 22 February 2010) was an Irish puppeteer and actor from County Sligo. He was owner of the Lambert Puppet Theatre in Monkstown, County Dublin. He was noted for co-starring as O'Brien in the RTÉ television series ''W ...

, and hosted an international puppet festival annually. It produced

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such as ''

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''. After the death of Eugene Lambert, the theatre was run by his son, Liam. On August 28, 2015, the building was badly damaged in an arson attack, which caused damage with a cost in excess of €150,000. On 13 November 2015, the theatre re-opened to the public with re-built puppets, for the Christmas performance of ''

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'', however this re-opening was not to last, and it closed permanently in 2018.

References

External links

Puppet theatre's website
Puppet theaters Puppetry in Ireland Theatres in Dublin (city) Monkstown, Dublin 1972 establishments in Ireland 2018 disestablishments in Ireland {{Ireland-theat-struct-stub