A shadow puppet play is a form of folk opera that involves cutting animal skin or hard paper into figures and using them in a performance in front of an illuminated backdrop to create the illusion of ...

“This is really cool!,” exclaimed a fifth-grader, taking his seat for a student matinee of “Mwindo” at Seattle Children’s Theatre. One could share his enthusiasm for the terrific scenic design on ...

There was a time when puppetry was a part of popular culture and hand puppets were made by children in their arts and crafts class. But with the advent of technology and its constant evolution, the ...

ANCHOR INTRO: Animal Cracker Conspiracy is pushing the boundaries of puppetry with their new production, "The Collector" at 3rd Space in University Heights. KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando went ...

LAHORE, March 20 The sixth National Folk Puppet Festival opened at the Museum of Puppetry on Raiwind Road on Friday, attracting a large number of folk puppetry lovers, schoolchildren and many others.

LAHORE: Puppeteers from India, Norway, Sri Lanka and Pakistan cheered each other at the International Folk Puppet Festival by Rafi Peer Theater Workshop (RPTW) that kicked off at Rafi Peer Cultural ...

LAHORE: The Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop is organising the 11th National Traditional and Contemporary Folk Puppetry Theatre Festival at the Rafi Peer Cultural Complex along Raiwind Road. It promises to ...

The squeaky-voiced puppet, with a wooden head, red conical hat, thin painted moustache and a bright red cloth cloak, was recognised by UNESCO in 2018 as part of the planet’s intangible cultural ...

“Man is a puppet in the hands of God. Once the string is cut, his life ends.” The puppetry metaphors come fast and easy to T. S. Murugan, the third generation exponent of Bommalattam, a folk art whose ...

Puppetry, along with other forms of folk art, such as dance, storytelling and masked performances, continues to be a popular form of communication. Even in an era of globalisation, puppetry represents ...