“Scene of Souls in Hell” (19th century), donkey skin; Shaanxi, China (all images courtesy Museu do Oriente) LISBON — Asian shadow theater is catnip for those with energetic imaginations. Its ...

String and Shadow Puppet Theater’s summer shows have taken audiences to the clouds, down a wishing well and into outer space. For its sixth annual al fresco production, the Olympia troupe is visiting ...

Chinese Theatre Works (CTW) performed their shadow puppetry piece “Tiger Tales” on Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry (BIMP) in Storrs, Conn.

A huge humpback whale is among the mysterious creatures inhabiting String and Shadow Puppet Theater’s “Ship of Fools.” Courtesy of String and Shadow Puppet Theater String and Shadow Puppet Theater’s ...

As part of a celebration of 50 years of creations, Dell’Arte International brings back String & Shadow Puppet Theater for its new, all-ages show, “Or So It Would Seam,” Aug. 11 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in ...

Naga, a mythical serpent (late 1700s–early 1800s), West Java (all images © The Trustees of the British Museum, courtesy the British Museum) For centuries, shadow ...

By blending curiosity with creativity, Cengiz Samsun has spent the past 25 years bringing the traditional Turkish shadow play Karagöz and Hacivat to ...

Would you like to create a shadow puppet (piying) for your performance? Tianqiao Acrobatic Theater of Beijing is spearheading a revival of the cut-out shapes. Visitors to the theater in Beijing have ...

Alice Irvin has been fascinated by puppets since she was a child, and now the 2023 Dell’Arte graduate is sharing that passion with a free shadow puppet show — accompanied by live music — tonight at 8 ...

What happens when you bring together three visionary Bay Area theater creators who have never worked together before? In the case of “Sojourner ZY,” you get a futuristic space fantasy full of liquid, ...

QUILCENE — String & Shadow Puppet Theater will bring three highly imaginative spectacle performances to the Quilcene Lantern this weekend. Formed in 2020, the theater group has produced an original ...

String and Shadow Puppet Theater’s “Ship of Fools,” about a trio of red-nosed fools on an epic journey, is “our biggest show yet,” String and Shadow’s Donald Palardy III told The Olympian. The company ...