In the movie spoof “This Is Spinal Tap,” the band members knew their days were numbered when they got second billing to a puppet show. “Oh no! ” wailed their manager. “If I told them once, I told them ...

In the celebrated Paul Gallico novella Love Of Seven Dolls, the tiny wood-and-felt cast of a carnival puppet show, each with its own distinct character and perceptive insights, helps to heal the ...

The dolls are painstakingly carved and assembled with strings and decorated with foil work and elaborate jewellery including puppets with eyeball movement, puppets with eyelid movement, dancer puppet ...

Puppetry, the art of telling a story animatedly through inanimate objects, has been a medium of communication with a long history in India; it goes back thousands of years. The ancient texts, songs, ...

SHELBURNE – Like a puppet show itself, the Shelburne Museum exhibit “Puppets: World on a String” begins by pulling back a curtain to reveal a magical world. “We wanted to create this sense of awe and ...

India plays host to several puppetry traditions. However, if one wants to learn about the world’s many puppetry traditions and techniques, there is no better place than the annual Ishara puppet ...