puppet shows
Handheld character performances
Puppet shows are theatrical performances using puppets—figures manipulated by hand, strings, or rods—to tell stories or entertain.
The term covers everything from children's entertainment to sophisticated art forms.
Figuratively, a puppet show suggests something staged or controlled from behind the scenes: The trial was a puppet show orchestrated by the regime.
- bunrakuMulti-puppeteer Japanese theater
- marionetteString-controlled theatrical figure
- string pullingExercising hidden influence
- cartoonsAnimated drawings, often humorous
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
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- childhoodchildhood, baby, child, kid, toys
- games and pastimeschess, card games, dice, board games, children's games
- childhood activitiesboard games, cartoons, playgrounds, fairytales, bedtime stories
- puppetrymarionette, marionettes, marionette strings, Bunraku, bunraku
- ancient pastimeschariot racing, Olympic Games, discus, javelin, boxing
- children's entertainmentfairy tales, nursery rhymes, sing-alongs, storytelling, lullabies
puppet showsstage plays
Dramatic works for theaters
ballet · opera · stand-up comedy · mime · dance performance
puppet showsBroadway productions
Professional Manhattan theater performances
grand opera · blockbuster films · West End theater · Cirque du Soleil · theme park attractions
puppet showsimprovisation
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
improv comedy · improvisational theater · jam sessions · jazz improvisation · interactive theater
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