Richard Bradshaw OAM (born 1938)[citation needed] is a leading Australian puppeteer.
[4] In 2005, he was commissioned by Terrapin Puppet Theatre to write The Storyteller's Shadow: a Celebration of Hans Christian Andersen which toured around Tasmania, to Denmark and to Singapore and Malaysia.
Jim Henson, a fellow puppeteer, featured the work of Bradshaw as part of his six-part television series on puppetry.
His shadow puppets were used for animations and stories on ABC's Play School.
[5][6][7] Bradshaw was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to puppetry and the performing arts.