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Dimension Zero: All Judy, No Punch

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 17th Nov 2025 | New York, Puppetry, Review

Dimension Zero, the new sci-fi puppet musical from the Boxcutter Collective, arrives at HERE arts...

The Many Monsters of Ars Nova’s “The Beastiary”

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 7th Nov 2024 | New York, Puppetry, Review, United States of America

Created by On the Rocks Theatre Co. (the two person co-writer and designer team Christopher Ford...

Retro-futurist Green Theatre: Trick of the Light’s “Suitcase Show”

Posted by David O'Donnell | 2nd May 2024 | New Zealand, Puppetry, Review

A new show from Trick of the Light theatre company is always something special, and Suitcase...

“Sesame Street: The Musical” Electrifies

Posted by Alexander Fatouros | 24th Oct 2022 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre for Young Audiences, United States of America

An off-Broadway musical about the art of producing a musical and the love of show business “Sesame...

Oracle of Pop Art Affirmed in “Chasing Andy Warhol”

Posted by Alexander Fatouros | 17th Apr 2022 | Immersive Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Art, United States of America

Utilizing downtown Manhattan’s East Village and NoHo as a set, Bated Breath Theatre Company’s...

From Pygmies to Puppets: What to Do with Roald Dahl’s Enslaved Oompa-Loompas in Modern Adaptations?

Posted by Kate Cantrell and David Burton | 14th Oct 2021 | Adaptation, Australia, Essay, Theatre and Politics

The stage adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has opened in Brisbane. Charlie, like...

“Youth Everlasting and Life Without Death”: Performing Folk-tale and “Centriphery”

Posted by Armando Rotondi | 3rd Sep 2021 | Adaptation, Participatory Theatre, Puppetry, Review, Romania, Transcultural Collaborations

A Theoretical and Organizational Premise “Centriphery” is an on-going large-scale...

FIRE THEATRE Mime Company: On a Quest for Fire Drama

Posted by Plamen Radev | 1st Sep 2021 | Between.Pomiędzy 2021, Bulgaria, Festivals, Interview, Poland

The Isle of Youth 2021 was a two-day (PhD) student conference held on 11-12 May 2021 as part of...

“From the Fishbowl”: A Play for Scoundrels and Scamps

Posted by Michael Schweikardt | 18th Apr 2021 | Devised Theatre, Education, Review, United States of America

How many young-people-of-the pandemic-does it take to screw in a light bulb? Early in the...

Shoebox Musicals: A Story of TikTok, The Pandemic, “Ratatouille The Musical”, And The Wizard Conquering Them All

Posted by Michael Schweikardt | 1st Dec 2020 | Adaptation, Design, Transmedia

Recently a friend sent me a message that read, “I’m not sure if you have TikTok, but...

Theatre Puppets Through The Ages

Posted by Divna Stojanov | 20th Jun 2020 | Essay, Puppetry, Slovenia

“The puppet says everything that needs to be said so that we are not affected. When we truly...

The Magic is in the Miniature: Toy Theatre Thrives Online During Quarantine

Posted by Marisa C. Hayes | 26th Apr 2020 | New York, Puppetry, Review, Theatre and Art, Transcultural Collaborations, United States of America

In its simplest form, the proscenium is constructed of little more than cardboard. Small paper...

Love, Labor, Loop: (Object’s) Life according to Geumhyung Jeong

Posted by Eylül Fidan Akıncı | 7th Apr 2020 | Essay, Puppetry, South Korea, Transmedia

The history of puppetry is full of supernatural bodies on stage that dramatically or subtextually...

Interview with Elise Vigneron, Théâtre de l’Entrouvert

Posted by Nicole Birmann Bloom | 21st Feb 2020 | France, Interview, Puppetry

New York City’s HERE Arts Center will present the U.S. premiere of Anywhere by Théâtre de...

The Puppets Are Changing: “The Weak Year” at The Academy of Theatre Arts in Wrocław

Posted by Katarzyna Waligóra | 25th Dec 2019 | Acting, Poland, Puppetry, Review

The play begins with an entrance exam. Clad in suit jackets, a group of women and men sit onstage...

Syria Puppeteer Offers Idlib Children Breathing Space

Posted by Ahram Online | 27th Nov 2019 | News, Puppetry, Syria, Theatre for Young Audiences

Walid Abu Rashed walks past bombed-out buildings in war-torn northwest Syria, carrying a large...

“All Hallows Eve” The Musical

Posted by David Vernon | 19th Nov 2019 | New York, Puppetry, Review, United States of America

Composer Paul Rudolph accompanies the cast through a score that is perfectly in sync with the story line. Delightfully, it is a musical score that reminds it’s listener that this is how Musical Theatre “really works.” Both Haley and Lott keep up the musical pace with Barnhart.