About us 

What's in a name? 
Our puppets are rod-armed, muppet-style puppets. They have a large, foam head, arms and a body, but no legs. They are worked by placing one hand up through the puppet's body, into the mouth. The other hand works rods attached to the puppet's wrists. The arm working the puppet's mouth is held stretched out above the puppeteer's head. One of the first things we discovered is that this type of puppetry soon develops the muscles of the shoulder, arm and hand ....... a long song or sketch can cause a fair amount of pain! 
So, why is this relevant? When we were searching for a name for our group we wanted it to somehow reflect the physical side of what we do, as well as why we do it. We looked at mentions of hands and arms in the Bible, in particular the story of Moses holding his arms in the air while the Israelites fought the Amalekites (Exodus 17 v 8 - 16). Eventually we came across this verse from Psalm 136 v 12:

Just what we were looking for............. the mighty hand and outstretched arm describe us inside our puppets and our message is that God's love endures forever and reaches everyone. 
From here is was just a short leap to turn Psalms into Ps'arms, the apostrophe being there just so that you don't think we can't spell!