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Discover festivals, performances, workshops, and annual observance days connected to shadow puppetry.
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The 9th annual Object Movement Puppetry Festival includes Diane Matyas's shadow theatre project and Michael Vandergard's light puppetry work among its residency showings at Dixon Place.
Chicago Puppet Fest hosts Linda Wingerter for a live online workshop on shadow puppet mechanisms beyond basic joints, including design concepts and practical construction approaches.
CactusHead Puppets premieres a cave adventure about Jamie and a missing Echo, using tabletop puppetry, shadow puppet bats, and a dash of humor.
Veronica Barron leads a five-evening workshop where participants develop a shadow puppet show while exploring flat puppets, overhead projectors, hand-held lights, and body shadows.
Drew Colby stages Hans Christian Andersen's tale using hand shadows, body shadows, light, and a few simple props in a family-friendly 45-minute performance.
A school-holiday intensive where children build shadow puppets, experiment with light, and create a short shadow show.
Exhibition featuring a world-class collection of Asian shadow puppets gifted by theatre scholars, alongside puppets from the University of Hawaii.
Manual Cinema tours its live cinematic Macbeth adaptation combining shadow puppetry, miniatures, acting, and a cinematic soundscape.
A practical evening class on building and performing with simple shadow puppets, light sources, and screens.
This 10-day figure-theatre conference earns inclusion for confirmed shadow-focused programming, including Fabrizio Montecchi's contemporary shadow theatre workshop and Kathy Foley's Wayang workshop.
America's day to celebrate the art of puppetry
Learn it on the app, then put the phone down and perform
No shadow without light
Play does not need a screen — just a light
Make your own haunted shadow puppet show
Shadow puppetry is UNESCO-protected world heritage
Before cartoons, there were shadows — the original animation
One thousand years of Indonesian shadow puppetry
The darkest day of the year — grab a flashlight and make some shadows