Simple hand shadow puppets like birds and butterflies won’t cut it at this week’s Manual Cinema collaboration with O, Miami. The Chicago-based company brings an entire cinematic show of shadow ...

Don’t be alarmed. But Chicago is having an invasion this month. An invasion … of puppets. The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival is a brand-new event celebrating the art of puppetry in its ...

Experience shadow puppetry by firelight! Witness scenes from the dramatic epic Ramayana, complete with scenes of battles, trickery, and the natural world, performed by masters of Tholpavakoothu, a ...

Masked actors wearing elaborate, feathered costumes manipulated puppets behind a large 15-by-30-foot screen, creating dancing shadows and silhouettes that told an ancient story of love and war. Hamid ...

The Wang Center’s theater in Stony Brook University glowed softly as Wrapped Presence unfolded, a spellbinding shadow puppet performance created by Caroline and Madeleine Borderies, with Andre ...

The performances were one of only a handful of free events that were part of Season of Cambodia, a celebration of the country’s arts, culture, and humanities that will bring works by more than 125 ...

Illya Sumanto’s original puppets of female ghosts for her performance in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in November 2024 (all photos Andrew Nachemson/Hyperallergic) KELANTAN, MALAYSIA — A puppet with flowing ...