An Emmy Award-winning performance collective is making a second appearance at the Spoleto Festival since being founded back in 2010. Manual Cinema has been an innovative force in the shadow puppet ...

Every winter, Chicago becomes the epicenter of the puppet theater world. Here are some titles and companies not to miss.

Captivating Shadow Puppetry Takes Center Stage at Charles B. Wang Center The Charles B. Wang Center hosted a spellbinding evening of shadow puppetry featuring the collaborative brilliance of renowned ...

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 ...

Heroes, monsters and a magnificent sun goddess come to life in “Poro Oyna: the Myth of the Aynu,” a show of puppet theater, live music and special effects making its United States premiere at the ...

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, ...

Shadows, squirrels, clowns and whimsy — the contrasting variety and artistic complexity of puppetry as a dramatic art was on full display at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, ...

“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 ...