Jason Parker has been at CNET for nearly 15 years. He is the senior editor in charge of iOS software and has become an expert reviewer of the software that runs on each new Apple device. He now spends ...

Storytelling today means crowding around someone’s phone as they describe their photos. Shadow Puppet bring that show & tell experience online by letting you share a voice-over with an animated ...

Shadow puppetry, also known as "shadow play," is a traditional form of storytelling through the medium of flat articulated, elaborately engraved figures. Manipulating them with silken strings and ...

This shadow puppet is at least 200 years old and is one of the oldest surviving shadow puppets in the world. It represents Bima the hero of the great Hindu epic The Mahabharata. Puppets like this are ...

Wayang kulit, ancient shadow puppetry theater from Southeast Asia, is an art form recognized both for the beauty of its imagery and the richness of its epics passed down from generation to generation.

Never work with children or animals, goes the actors’ maxim. Perhaps add puppets to that, too. “We’ve got the trifecta right here,” says Australian puppeteer Peter Wilson during rehearsals for “Bali ...

My dad was the first person to introduce me to shadow puppets. When my sister and I were tiny kids, he would tuck us into bed, turn off the lights and then cast an image of a dog against the wall.

PALAKKAD: The three global icons of football, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar, have found an unlikely new stage far away from the glittering arenas of the World Cup – behind a glowi ng ...

“Scene of Souls in Hell” (19th century), donkey skin; Shaanxi, China (all images courtesy Museu do Oriente) LISBON — Asian shadow theater is catnip for those with energetic imaginations. Its ...

What happens when you bring together three visionary Bay Area theater creators who have never worked together before? In the case of “Sojourner ZY,” you get a futuristic space fantasy full of liquid, ...