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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
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Midnight Radio Show stages original fairy tales with hand-crafted shadow puppets, songs, and live original music.
Hamid Rahmanian's shadow play based on the Persian epic Shahnameh, featuring 483 puppets, an ensemble of actors and puppeteers, and over 200 animated backgrounds.
US Karagoz Theatre Company presents a Turkish shadow theater satire in English for adults with live musical accompaniment.
US Karagoz Theatre Company brings a family-friendly Turkish shadow play about Belinda, a magician, and the forest witch Baba Yaga.
Firelight Shadow Theater's Daniel Barash brings folklore to life through shadow puppetry, stories, wisdom, and songs.
Glowing Bug Puppet Theatre leads a magical shadow puppet theater adventure for kids — build puppets and perform your own shadow story.
Shadow Girls Cult pairs surreal marionette ritual with a black-and-white overhead projector shadow piece in a double-feature evening.
Cass Bray and Zane Exactly teach students how to create live overhead projector shadow performance using cut materials, bodies, and simple props.
Manual Cinema reimagines Macbeth with live cinema, projected puppetry, shadow play, miniatures, and a music-driven ensemble performance.
Jim Henson Foundation-supported puppeteer Sam Rotengold leads a hands-on workshop on traditional and contemporary shadow puppet construction and performance. Ages 14+.
Tell a story with nothing but shadows
The biggest day in puppetry, worldwide
Shadow puppets — the world's first theater
Leonardo studied light and shadow — celebrate art with your hands