The workshops incorporated shadow puppetry, scrap puppet making, and collage techniques, inspiring participants to think creatively through games and hands-on activities, such as crafting junk ...

Tamil Nadu – Bommalattam, a mix of string and rod puppets, is known for its dramatic movements. Andhra Pradesh – Tholu Bommalata, intricate leather shadow puppets that light up with colors.

Gaspard opened the show with her “A Mermaid’s Life Story.” The piece combined Gaspard’s siren-like singing with a mermaid puppet and shadow box to tell her tale. Not only is Gaspard a creator of ...

Written by Anna Jordan (Succession, Killing Eve, Yen, The Unreturning, We Anchor in Hope) and directed by Frantic Assembly’s artistic director Scott Graham (Metamorphosis, Othello), the thought ...

Togalu Gombeyatta, or “leather doll play” in Kannada, is a traditional shadow puppetry form from Karnataka, where handmade leather puppets bring epics and folktales to life. As this ancient ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A roof collapse at the legendary Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo has plunged the Dominican Republic into mourning. Authorities say the disaster early Tuesday ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Friday said a "shadow government" is needed to provide Americans with the truth about the Trump administration's actions. Speaking at a town hall in Eau Claire ...

To combine a personal family saga with the horrifying, not-so-long-ago history of an entire people, and to tell that story onstage, is a challenge for which Syrian-Armenian-American performer ...

In many instances, shoppers said "frantic" employees even "insisted" they "void" their transactions to start again if they hadn't begun with bulky products, even if they were already well into the ...

Hidden in the thick forest of the fictional island of Carpathia lives the Ochi, an orange-furred primate that communicates through distinct whistling sounds — a song, if you will. Though these ...