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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.
US Karagoz Theatre Company performs Ayhan Hulagu's solo Turkish shadow theatre work, blending 700-year-old Karagoz tradition with contemporary storytelling.
The museum's Shadow Puppet Theatre series presents Peter Brown's The Curious Garden as an animated shadow-story program for young children.
Teatro Gioco Vita brings back its shadow-and-actor circus piece for the Piccole Platee series, with morning school performances and a Friday evening family show.
Manual Cinema tours its live cinematic Macbeth adaptation combining shadow puppetry, miniatures, acting, and a cinematic soundscape.
The museum's Shadow Puppet Theatre series presents Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar as an animated shadow-story program for young children.
Drew Colby brings hand shadowgraphy to A Day By The Sea at the Royal Hippodrome Theatre.
Reykjavik Arts Festival presents Ingoma Nshya's story with drum, dance, song, and live shadow puppetry by Kristine White Katese Aurore.
The museum's Shadow Puppet Theatre series presents Dow Phumiruk's Mela and the Elephant as an animated shadow-story program for young children.
Matt Sandbank presents an interactive live shadow puppetry performance where poetry springs to life on screen for families and young audiences.
Expert puppeteer Matt Sandbank brings a 45-minute family shadow puppet show to life with comic poetry and interactive performance.
The museum's Shadow Puppet Theatre series presents P. K. Hallinan's Father's Day story about the relationship between a child and his father.
Tom Lee performs and designs a solo adaptation of Stanislaw Lem's EDEN using shadow screens, moving panoramas, stop-motion animation, and miniature worlds.