Chinese Theatre Works (CTW) performed their shadow puppetry piece “Tiger Tales” on Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry (BIMP) in Storrs, Conn.

SUNY Oswego’s ARTSwego Performing Arts Series was able to bring Manual Cinema’s “The 4th Witch” to the Oswego community. Inspired by William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” “The 4th Witch” tells ...

Centuries before haunted house attractions or horror films, audiences thrilled to magic lantern shows. Also known as phantasmagorias, these performances featured hand-painted glass slides illuminated ...

Althea Clayton, a puppeteer with Paperhand Puppet Intervention, looks out from a river puppet during a rehearsal for the organization’s show, “The Gift,” on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, at the Forest ...

Humans have enjoyed puppet shows for thousands of years, and cultures around the world have developed their own techniques and traditions, from ancient India and Plutarch’s Rome to wayang kulit shadow ...