Oh yes it is: the extraordinary history of pantomime There is nothing quite like pantomime. It is loud, anarchic, and cheerfully absurd. It features men dressed as women, women dressed as men, jokes that haven’t changed in a hundred years, jokes that were written last week, a villain who must always enter from stage left, […]
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Hands, strings, and shadows: a guide to the world’s great puppetry traditions Of all the theatrical arts, puppetry may be the most universal. Every culture on earth, as far as we know, has developed some form of it. From the shadow screens of Java to the glove stages of Taiwan, from the string theatres of
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A interesting video on Bodehi can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l9hhPPegkU&list=WL&index=2 Bodehi: the little theatre that carries a nation’s voice Imagine a theatre so small that the entire stage fits in the crook of a puppeteer’s arm — and yet so powerful that when it first appeared on television, the streets of Taiwan emptied. Adults abandoned
Adaption and Creation: Giving life to old stories or how writers have always borrowed from the past There is a persistent myth about creativity — that the truly original artist conjures something from nothing, that the great writer sits down with a blank page and, through the pure force of genius, produces something the world
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There’s a long and wonderful tradition behind the miniature stage. Toy theatres — small-scale replicas of the grand playhouses of their day — have been delighting children and adults alike for over two hundred years. They’re a window into history, a celebration of craftsmanship, and a living art form that continues to inspire makers and
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