Puppet Up! - Uncensored at The Montalban

Puppet Up! - Uncensored

The Montalban
1615 Vine Street Los Angeles

Puppet Up! - Uncensored is a night of outrageous, off-the-cuff comedy featuring the MISKREANT puppets brought to life by a cast of world-class puppeteers from The Jim Henson Company. Created by legendary puppeteer and award-winning director Brian Henson and co-created and directed by Patrick Bristow, Puppet Up! - Uncensored is never the same show twice.

Thru - Mar 1, 2026

Fridays: 7:00pm

Saturdays: 7:00pm

Sundays: 5:00pm

Show Type: Comedy

Box Office: 323-871-2420

www.themontalban.com

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Puppet Up! - Uncensored Reviews

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LA Theatrix - Highly Recommended

"...First, disabuse yourself of the notion that Brian Henson's show "Puppet Up! - Uncensored" involves naked, freewheeling Muppet debauchery, which is how it's sometimes billed. Sure, there are f-bombs dropped with impunity without any kids around, but the show is mostly hilarious audience-driven improvisation featuring eight talented puppeteers from The Jim Henson Company and a diverse array of its MISKREANT puppets."

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- Anita W. Harris

Stage Raw - Recommended

"...Puppet Up! - Uncensored synthesizes improv with puppetry for a two-hour performance filled with humorous antics and a mesmerizing display of a puppet's mechanics. At its core, it is an improv show, so every performance is different from the next. The one constant, however, is the show's structure, built on suggestions from the audience, which the puppet artists quickly craft into a scenario right before your eyes. The team also features specific elements, including a couple of scenes with Henson (the creator of Puppet Up!) and prompts for audience members to participate. There is a camera at the center, showing their creation on two large screens on either side of the stage, but the real magic is happening underneath the camera, where puppeteers are laser-focused on the technique of turning puppets into new characters. Puppet Up! - Uncensored delivers entertainment in all forms, whether you're there for a laugh or an educational experience."

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- Steven Vargas

Larchmont Buzz - Recommended

"...Improv comedy is inherently gimmicky. Its humor operates under a failsafe assumption: an audience ought to err on the generous side, since they understand that every punchline is made up on the spot. Like living, breathing MadLibs, the substitution of the right word in the right blank could always spin even the least inspired scenario into comedy gold. Puppet Up! – Uncensored, now playing until March 1 at the Montalbán Theatre, dares to load gimmick on top of gimmick. This isn’t your regular improv comedy; this is improv comedy… with puppets."

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- Gabrielle Johnsen

Puppet Up! - Uncensored at The Montalban