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"Dragons and Mythical Beasts" from the UK's Nicoll Entertainment. (Courtesy photo)
Theater Greg CookJanuary 3, 2023 0

The Puppetry Of ‘Dragons and Mythical Beasts’

How does “Dragons and Mythical Beasts” from the UK’s Nicoll Entertainment make its troll and unicorn and, of course, dragons come to life? Puppetry. Coming to Boston’s Emerson Colonial Theatre…Continue Reading →

Puppet Showplace Theater in Brookline.
Art Greg CookNovember 25, 2020 0

Donate To Puppet Showplace To Help Them Weather Alleged Embezzlement

Looking to help Puppet Showplace Theater after alleged embezzlement reported last month left their bank account “fully depleted”? The Board of Trustees of the 46-year-old Brookline cultural institution is directing folks who…Continue Reading →

Puppet Showplace Theater in Brookline.
Performance Greg CookOctober 27, 2020 0

Puppet Showplace’s Bank Account ‘Fully Depleted’ After Alleged Embezzlement

Puppet Showplace Theater announced yesterday that their “bank account had been fully depleted” after an alleged embezzlement from the 46-year-old Brookline cultural institution. “The treasurer noticed some suspicious transactions after…Continue Reading →

Bread and Puppet Theater performs “Diagonal Life: Theory and Praxis” at Beneficent Congregational Church, Providence, May 10, 2019. (Greg Cook)
Performance Greg CookMay 18, 2019 0

Bread and Puppet Theater’s ‘Diagonal Life’ Addresses Politics, Migration, Global Warming

Three large brown papier-mâché puppets arrive on the blue curtained stage early on in Bread and Puppet Theater’s “Diagonal Life: Theory and Praxis.” The puppets depict head and hands, perhaps…Continue Reading →

“Ajijaak on Turtle Island” by Heather Henson and IBEX Puppetry. (Photo: Richard Termine)
Theater Greg CookFebruary 1, 2019 0

‘Ajijaak On Turtle Island,’ Heather Henson’s Puppet Spectacle With Indigenous Roots

“Ajijaak on Turtle Island”—by Heather Henson (daughter of Muppets creator Jim Henson) and IBEX Puppetry—is an environmental fable, Henson says, about “how to survive and thrive into the future.” The…Continue Reading →

“Babylon: Journeys of Refugees” by Sandglass Theater: The Man from Syria. (Photo: Kiqe Bosch)
Theater Greg CookJanuary 25, 2019 0

Sandglass Theater’s Refugee Stories: ‘Is It Our Responsibility To Help Everyone?’

Woven through “Babylon: Journeys of Refugees” by Sandglass Theater is a version of the American debate about immigrants and migrants and refugees. “It’s our obligation to open the door when…Continue Reading →

Ventriloquist David Liebe Hart will perform at the “Living Objects: African American Puppetry Festival and Symposium.” (Photo: Chad Cooper)
Theater Greg CookJanuary 13, 2019 0

‘Is There An African American Puppetry?’ Exhibit Surveys An Often Overlooked Art

“Is there an African American puppetry? That’s the question we’re trying to answer with this exhibit,” says John Bell, director of the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the…Continue Reading →

Tarish "Jeghetto" Pipkins’s "Just Another Lynching." (Courtesy of the artist)
Theater Greg CookNovember 6, 2018 0

Puppet Show About Lynching Asks Audience ‘Are They For Justice Or Do They Just Let Things Happen?’

The cardboard pickup truck drives through the audience, blinding people with its headlights, in Tarish “Jeghetto” Pipkins’s puppet show “Just Another Lynching,” which will be performed at Brookline’s Puppet Showplace…Continue Reading →

Paradox Teatro performs "Migraciones" at Bread and Puppet Theater's Papier-Mâché Cathedral, Glover, Vermont, Aug. 16, 2018. (Greg Cook)
Theater Greg CookAugust 22, 2018 0

Paradox Teatro’s Shadow Puppet Show ‘Migraciones’ Illuminates The Harrowing Journeys Of Refugees

“Refugee puppetry and poetry in English and Español,” is how Paradox Teatro has described their shadow puppet show “Migraciones.” “In light of expanding border walls around the globe, ‘Migraciones’ follows…Continue Reading →

“Les Bêtes dansent ou le sortilège discret de la nature sauvage” (“The Dancing Beasts or the Discreet Spell of the Wild”) by La Liga Teatro Elastico at the Festival de Casteliers, Montreal, March 8, 2018. (Marc Gibert / Adecom)
Theater Greg CookMarch 17, 2018 0

Photos: Montreal’s Festival de Casteliers, A Showcase Of International Puppetry

Photos from the Montreal’s 13th annual Festival de Casteliers, a showcase of international puppetry (which sponsored my visit) from March 8 to 11. Thursday “Les Bêtes dansent ou le sortilège…Continue Reading →

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