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, ...

“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 ...

A collaborative shadow puppetry work by Wang's Shadow in partnership with a mobile game. [Photo provided to China Daily] Besides exhibitions and performances at home and abroad, Wang's Shadow has ...

Many of the puppets were still missing, however, after the theft of a U-haul truck in San Francisco holding props for the critically acclaimed Persian epic “Song of the North.” It was unclear if the ...

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, ...

LANZHOU, June 14 (Xinhua) -- As darkness descends upon Chenqiyuan Village in northwest China, the spotlight shines on Jing Tingyou, 83, as his nightly spectacle commences. Jing, a skilled shadow ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dr. Beth Osnes trained her students in solar powered puppet theatre to create a performance about clean energy. She also took her students all the way to the Navajo Nation, where students hosted a ...

As the familiar melodies that once echoed through his childhood fill the air at Prince Kung's Palace Museum in downtown Beijing, 53-year-old Liang Rongshan is transported back in time. These tunes, ...