puppet theaters
Staged miniature performances
Puppet theaters are venues or performance spaces where shows are staged using puppets—figures manipulated by hand, strings, rods, or other mechanisms.
The term covers everything from elaborate permanent stages to simple portable setups.
Puppet theater also refers to the art form itself: The festival featured puppet theater from around the world.
Figuratively, a puppet theater suggests a situation where visible actors are controlled by hidden forces.
- BunrakuJapanese puppet theater tradition
- Punch and JudyTraditional British puppet theatre
- stageRaised performance platform
- shadowLight blocked by object
- rodThin rigid stick
marionette · storytelling traditions · hand · curtain · ventriloquism · Jim Henson · black light · booth · behind the curtain · stage curtain · costume · strings · pull the strings · glove · finger puppets · mask · scenery · proscenium
- theater groupsacting company, troupe, repertory theatre, acting troupe, stock company
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- community arts organizationsart centers, dance companies, music schools, art collectives, youth orchestras
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- museum featurespermanent collection, exhibits, rotating exhibits, sculpture garden, exhibition hall
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Venues for dramatic performances
opera houses · concert halls · legitimate theater · legitimate theaters · Broadway theaters
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Government-sponsored dramatic institutions
performing arts centers · Metropolitan Opera · La Scala · Broadway · amphitheaters
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Venues screening films
cinemas · cineplexes · multiplexes · television studios · streaming platforms