Steinberg: Pouty about 2017? We have lots to look forward to.
by Neil Steinberg, Chicago SunTimes Well look at this! A shiny New Year — 2017 apparently, though that’s almost hard to believe. The numerals look strange. Were it suddenly 2077 or […]
Puppet fest entertains both young, old
by Joan Dittmann, Post-Tribune If you’ve ever used your hands to cast shadows of shapes on the wall, you’ve literally tried your hand at one of the world’s oldest forms of puppetry. […]
Meet the Puppet Master of the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival
By Kim Campbell The 2nd annual Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival is about to be unleashed upon Chicago just in time to distract us from the deep freeze of winter. […]
I Gave My Kids The Talk Using Puppets
by Kathleen Thometz, Western Springs Journal There has been a lot of breast-beating and angst about how bad 2016 was and many are happy to have it behind them. The beauty […]
Chicago International Puppet Festival is back in January
by Morgan Greene The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival will return this January to venues all over Chicago with performances from more than 25 artists from seven different countries. International acts […]
Broadway World Features Living Room Tour
Blair Thomas’ LIVING ROOM TOUR to Bring Live Puppet Shows, Food and Drinks to 3 Chicago Homes Blair Thomas & Co. announces the 2017 Living Room Tour – a series […]
Crain’s Winter Cultural Preview
by Anne Spiselman Puppets have been commandeering Chicago stages, and they’re not just for kids. Recent adult puppetry has included a demonic hand puppet possessing the arm of a confused […]
Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Set For Return
by Hedy Weiss Make way for the marionettes, the shadow puppets, the tiny toy puppets, the Bunraku puppets and the animated objects that behave like puppets. The biannual Chicago International […]
RETURN OF THE PUPPETS!
SECOND CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATER FESTIVAL IS JANUARY 19-29, 2017 Popular citywide festival to return with new slate of top puppet shows from Chicago, the U.S. and around the world, presented […]
Puppets: Still Very Much a Thing
As today’s cutting-edge puppeteers peer into the souls of animated objects, they’re seeing the future—or rather, the eternal present—of the theatre. by Scott T. Cummings According to Moses, the cocky […]
Chicago Tonight: Chicago International Puppet Theater Fest
Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Founder and Artistic Director Blair Thomas tells us about the first Chicago festival to celebrate puppetry in its many forms. Watch the video.
Manual Cinema’s remarkable sleight-of-hand goes far beyond puppetry
by Hedy Weiss A movie complete with inspired soundtrack and old-fashioned film spools. A play, with a quirky love story at its center, but no spoken words. A ballet, but […]
