These extremely colourful dolls caught my attention right away. There are four main branches of traditional Chinese puppetry; marionettes on strings, rod puppets, shadow puppetry, and glove puppets.

Carefully cut out the puppet figures along the dotted lines. Colour in the puppets and attach each to a stick using tape or glue. Carefully cut a large hole in the front of the box. Tape the white ...

Shadow puppets flitting across screens and reliving age old stories have fascinated Chinese people for some 2,000 years, but falling audiences mean troupes are having to be creative to stay on the ...

Carefully cut out the puppet figures along the dotted lines. Colour in the puppets and attach each to a stick using tape or glue. Carefully cut a large hole in the front of the box. Tape the white ...

An introduction to Chinese puppet shows, including two plays: "Jiang Gan Steals Books" and "The Road Fights the Injustice" ("Lei Wanchun Fights the Tiger") performed by Yang Sheng and Chen Nantian.

Dame de Paris" in front of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, in Paris, France, Dec. 15, 2024. Chinese actors staged a flash ...

In a quiet French village theater the soft glow of stage lights fell on a scene that feels both familiar and entirely new ...