A life-size child elephant puppet called Pobon is coming to Okinawa! Created from an experience at the elephant camp in Thailand, this production premiered at Tokyo in 2017 with extra shows due to high demand. Three performers manipulate the life-size puppet carefully, sometimes daringly, using the techniques of Japanese Bunraku. It’s 40 minutes of joy...Continue Reading

To tell a feeling. A feel of the soul, impalpable and delicate, an emotion that is born inside of our self to go outside. A little surprise is joy, the wonder is joy. To contemplate a beautiful thing is joy. If you feel joy you feel stronger, joy can take you over the fear. Joy...Continue Reading

Can painting be performed live? Can you let children take part in a voyage of discovery by a painter being guided by his inspiration? Do children also enjoy playing with lines, shapes and colours in a sensuous way? What stories emerge and fade away during the painting process? Perhaps Is it these stories that give...Continue Reading

A Tree and a Boy is a non-verbal puppetry performance, of which the stage, puppets, and music are of traditional Korean flavours and colours. Showing the lives of a tree and a boy together, it shows that birth, growth, maturity, and death are beautiful and natural parts of our lives. From Spring to Winter, and...Continue Reading

The performance is a plastic representation. It was created in 2007 by a director, an Honoured Artist from the Russian Federation, Mr Andrey Kniazkov, in co-operation with the Hand Made theatre company. Leading parts and decorations are all presented by the actors’ hands. Hands and fingers turn into objects and symbols, depicting people and animals;...Continue Reading

The conductor is waiting impatiently. But the members of The Sweet Seven Magic Orchestra call one after the other to say they can’t make it to the concert. Initially despairing, he decides to make the most of a hopeless situation: He will instead play his secretly composed Solo Trumpet Concerto which undoubtedly will make his...Continue Reading

The classic fairytale beautifully re-imagined by Shona Reppe Puppets in this highly visual and award-winning production with secret hatches, hidden drawers and a handbag full of magic!Continue Reading

One sunny summer day, I met a very strange, fluffy creature, which looks like a hedgehog walking with two legs. This story is about a big challenge and the adventures of Yabi, a boy from the Kui Tribe who lives near Mudguide Water lake with his friends. Original Story: “Yabi” on the Shore by Kaho...Continue Reading

An authentic Czech puppetry performance of ‘The Three Musketeers’ comes to Japan for the first time. The show has won 22 awards and mesmerised children and adults around the world, traveling all the way from Czech Republic with its own tent theatre. In The Three Musketeers, a young man called d’Artagnan from the countryside in...Continue Reading

The story is about the journey of a small ‘Tugboat’ traveling down the river and time, featuring sand animation. It’s an amazing tale of one day in his life. Along with the Tugboat we will go to the harbor and meet the big ships, and we will see his dreams about going to far-off lands....Continue Reading