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Featured Artists

Meet featured performers, companies, and educators working across hand shadows and contemporary shadow theater. Follow their work to find inspiration for your own journey.

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Drew Colby

Hand Shadow Artist

United Kingdom

UK hand-shadow artist and puppeteer who has worked with puppets in southern Africa and the UK for over 30 years. He performs internationally and teaches hand-shadow technique through live shows and tutorials.

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Shadow Ace

Shadow Performer

Philippines

Filipino shadow performer Philip Jose P. Galit, known as Shadow Ace, whose music-driven routines reached wide audiences through Pilipinas Got Talent, Asia's Got Talent, and America's Got Talent.

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Raymond Crowe

The Unusualist

Australia

Australian performer and 'Unusualist' who combines humour, magic, ventriloquism, and hand shadows. His 'What a Wonderful World' hand-shadow finale introduced many viewers to the expressive side of the form.

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Manual Cinema

Performance Collective

Chicago, IL

Chicago-based Emmy Award-winning performance collective, design studio, and film production company combining handmade shadow puppetry, cinematic techniques, live cameras, sound, and music for stage and screen.

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The Stringpullers

Puppet Company

Ithaca, NY and New Haven, CT

Puppet company led by Linda Wingerter and a rotating roster of artists from New York, Connecticut, and Vermont. The company builds puppets, teaches construction and manipulation, and creates work for stage, street, screen, and shadow performance.

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Larry Reed

Founder of ShadowLight Productions

San Francisco, USA

Late founder of ShadowLight Productions. Reed helped bridge traditional Balinese shadow theatre and contemporary theater, film, and education through work based in San Francisco.

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Sabbir Ahmed

Shadow Artist

Shadow artist behind the Bangla Bichitra channel and Shadow of Sabbir page. He shares animal-focused hand shadow performances and silhouette experiments as a self-described passion project.

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