The Off Center, a Staunton experimental theater, is producing a shadow puppet adaptation of the novel 'Tangleroot' by Staunton author Kalela Williams.

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 ...

An all-female troupe is reshaping wayang kulit, reviving and reinventing South-East Asia's shadow puppetry traditions and ...

“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 ...

This shadow puppet is at least 200 years old and is one of the oldest surviving shadow puppets in the world. It represents Bima the hero of the great Hindu epic The Mahabharata. Puppets like this are ...

Wayang Women, a multinational wayang kulit troupe with members from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar and the ...

The Arab Cultural Center in Al-Midan neighborhood in Damascus hosted a cultural event titled “Shadow Puppetry and the Wonder ...

Never work with children or animals, goes the actors’ maxim. Perhaps add puppets to that, too. “We’ve got the trifecta right here,” says Australian puppeteer Peter Wilson during rehearsals for “Bali ...

My dad was the first person to introduce me to shadow puppets. When my sister and I were tiny kids, he would tuck us into bed, turn off the lights and then cast an image of a dog against the wall.

As the powerful singing voice of 71-year-old Liu Aibang echoes across the classroom, students manipulate shadow puppets with rods, making them step onto the "stage" - a translucent cloth screen ...

With puppets, projectors and live performances, Manual Cinema creates surreal movies as the audience watches the process unfold. Video shot and edited by Eric Krupke The black silhouette of a girl’s ...

Some say a scary movie is only as good as its ending, and this is probably true. The same can be said of a movie's beginning, which has to hook an audience's attention before even the best of endings ...