In the Neon World of ‘Buddy,’ Hints of Fascism Are Everywhere, Even in Talking Trains and Deranged Puppets

Buddy' production designer Anna Kathleen tells IndieWire about building more than one world for a giant orange unicorn to ...
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How Mumbai schoolchildren revived interest in Maharashtra’s traditional puppetry

At 11, Anaya Gupta, Rajveer Kothari, and Kian Contractor are already asking what happens when an art form starts disappearing ...
Hoodline

Oakland's Puppet Fair Weekend Marks 70 Years of Fairyland's Storybook Theater

Children's Fairyland is throwing open its gates for a two-day celebration of puppetry this weekend, marking 70 years since ...

Dolly Parton’s Sparkly Friendship With Miss Piggy (and Kermie, Too)

Perhaps more than many other entertainers who appeared alongside the Muppets, Parton seemed to have a natural ease with her ...
Discover Wildlife

Think you’re seeing a giant, humongous spider? Think again… as all is not what it appears

It was built by a spider, albeit one much smaller than the dummy, just visible at the point where the pseudo-spider's head ...
The Economist

Britain’s vanishing craft of marionette-making

By all commercial logic, the craft of making marionettes—wooden puppets controlled by strings—should have disappeared long ago. Only a handful of Britons still carve these elaborate figures for a ...
Winter is Coming

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds cast react to their season 4 puppet counterparts

Strange New Worlds season 4, Episode 5, "Level-Five Transporter Accident." Despite beginning as a way to track Anson Mount's Captai ...
Londonist

Marionettes Exhibition Celebrates 65 Years Of Little Angel Theatre

Little Angel Theatre has been enchanting people of all ages for 65 years. Image: Little Angel Theatre Since 1961, Little Angel Theatre in north London has pushed the boundaries of puppetry, crafting a ...
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Best Bets: India Independence parade, String & Shadow puppets, ‘Urinetown,’ ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost,’ Merola Grand Finale, Opera in the Vineyard in Livermore

String & Shadow Puppet Theater presents a free show in Alameda on Friday. (String & Shadow Puppet Theater via Bay City News) Freebie of the week: Nothing says summer like a family-friendly puppet show ...