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All posts tagged "Puppets"

Displaced Palestinian children wait for water at their tent camp in Rafah -- the UN children's agency estimates the war has displaced around 850,000 children in Gaza

World

Gaza puppet maker turns tins into toys in ruins of war

On a cinder block work table in the war-torn Gaza Strip, puppet maker Mahdi Karira is busy turning old tin cans into figurines. He...

AFPApril 28, 2024

Following a feted four-decade career, Bouli Lanners is increasingly turning from the silver screen to puppetry

Entertainment

From movies to marionettes: an actor swims against the tide

The moustachioed star, 58, is increasingly turning from the silver screen to puppetry.

AFPOctober 28, 2023

World

Syria puppeteer offers Idlib children breathing space

Walid Abu Rashed walks past bombed-out buildings in war-torn northwest Syria, carrying a large wooden board and a plastic bag filled with puppets while...

AFPNovember 11, 2019

Entertainment

Review: Obnoxious, uninspired ‘Full House’ parody is a Toronto disaster (Includes first-hand account)

That’s what I wanted to scream at the show itself from my seat. Subtitled A Tanner Family Parody! and starring a guy who’s better...

Jeff CottrillAugust 27, 2015

Entertainment

Review: ‘Daisy Theatre’ brings its irreverent puppetry back to T.O. (Includes first-hand account)

Burkett has been performing with marionettes for almost thirty years, but his previous shows have always been scripted. The Daisy Theatre, which debuted at...

Jeff CottrillMarch 20, 2015