Shadow puppetry is afoot in the darkened lobby of Ent Center for the Arts. A masked puppeteer works quickly, moving projector sheets back and forth and up and down as he stands behind an old-school ...

On Sunday, April 23, Buffalo’s Nusantara Arts will treat us to a spectacular Sunday afternoon of Javanese shadow puppetry unlike anything that we could have possibly imagined. These Javanese Wayang ...

“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 ...

San Diego's Twisted Heart Puppetworks presents the first annual "Shadows Across the Globe" virtual, worldwide shadow puppet festival July 9-11, 2021, with free performances streaming online. In ...

Imagine a tale combining The Jungle Book, Rapunzel, and Romeo and Juliet that fans of high fantasy series like Game of Thrones, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings can easily get into. That’s just the ...

HALLOWEEN. WHAT HAPPENED TO SPOOKY SEASON? THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES TO THE BIG EVENT AND WE’RE TURNING OFF THE LIGHTS AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER. MARQUISE MEDA SHOWS US HOW AN ANCIENT FORM OF ...

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is taking on a new form this week at the University of Chicago, thanks to an alumni-led performance collective that turns shadow puppetry into a cinematic experience.

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Cambodian puppet artists display some of their shadow puppets at the Sovana Phum Theatre which is bringing the curtain down due to tourism decline during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in ...