“The highlight of the show was the full moon dragon boogie. And our four-year-old expert reviewer says “I liked the gold dust the best” – which is special magic gold dust from the dancing dragon.

Pico and the Golden Lagoon is an entertaining puppet show with talented artists both in puppetry and music..”

Lucy Budzynski, KIDDO Magazine

“It is no easy feat to keep the attention of a very young audience. But from the opening strum of Jesse's guitar, he and puppeteer Sally had a group of one- to 10-year-olds at the Prince Rupert Public Library enraptured.”

- Thom Barker, Black Press Media, Canada

“Production-wise, the team of Sally Miller and Jesse Hamilton work great together. The former handles all the masterful puppetry as though she once worked on The Muppet Show. For the latter, he plays a mean acoustic guitar, hinting he’s done more than folk music. Overall this show got many people smiling”.

- Ed Sum, Otaku no culture, Canada

“‘time out of time’ shows that have had the children in raptures. The costuming and sets are brilliant and the themes leave the children with thought-provoking ideas. ”

- Gail Mauger, Mitcham Library, South Australia


“Sally Miller and Jesse Hamilton presented a poetic, interactive, and playful world through puppetry, live music, and storytelling. Seamlessly integrating a range of ecological and environmental issues they managed to keep the children enthralled and the parents and grandparents delighted.”

- Peta Aubin, Arts and Cultural Facilitator, South Australia


“I had the opportunity to have Pico Puppet Palace perform as well as provide staff professional development workshops in storytelling at Clarence Valley Libraries recently. Our audiences and our staff loved them and we hope to have them return to our region soon.

- Jane Kreis, Senior Library Officer , NSW, Australia