Puppets

Rare 2,400-year-old ceramic puppets found atop El Salvador pyramid

The figurines bear expressions that change depending on the angle from which they are viewed.

 Archaeologists uncover 2,400-year-old ceramic puppets in El Salvador pyramid.
 ‘ZOMBIE DRIVE IN’ will be presented at the Surround Festival.

Zombies galore at Surround Festival in Tel Aviv

 Friendship lies at the core of the long-running ‘Marzipan Fairy’ show.

Jerusalem puppet festival puts on Hocus Pocus performance

 ICE SKATING

Jerusalem highlights August 18-24


Puppet Festival returns to Jerusalem's Train Theater for the 32nd time

This year's Puppet Festival flexes the disciplinary borders. Moran Duvshani: "Contemporary puppet theater hardly has any puppets."

 PUPPET THEATER, shadow play, and original music combine in a fun, ecological storyline, in ‘Wanna Play?’

Upcoming ‘Safe Place’ festival to make the arts accessible

“Precisely during times like these, it is more important than anything to highlight the human diversity that our society is made of.”

 SHARON GABRIELOV, artistic director of Safe Place Festival (left), and Or Alterman-Barnea, CEO of the festival.

The International Jerusalem Puppet Festival returns for 2022

The alfresco curtain-raiser takes place in Liberty Bell Park, which is home to the new expansive and well-appointed Train Theater premises.

 IRIS DOMANY’S ‘Louisa’ invites 4- to 8-year-olds to take a closer look at the minutiae in her studio.

Red Orbach puppet to get new series

Red Orbach is a puppet that starred in Red Band, an Israeli mockumentary that features an all-puppet band.

 ONE-TIME FAMOUS rocker Red Orbach.

The International Jerusalem Puppet Festival returns for 30th year

The 30th edition of the festival kicks off at the Train Theater on Sunday, with a program chock-full of quality work for all ages lined up throughout the five-day program.

 A YOUNG GIRL discovers her granddad’s fascinating lifestory, with a little help from some wooden dolls, in ‘My Hugo.’

Puppets bring theater to life

The International Puppet Festival in Jerusalem is celebrating 27 years, featuring both local and international performers.

CREATED BY Norwegian playwright Yngvlid Aspeli, ‘Ashes’ uses hyper-realistic puppets to tell the story of a writer documenting a pyromaniac who sets fire to buildings in a nearby Norwegian village.

Puppets lead the way

Khoury and Ariel had chemistry from the word go. They shared a love of the arts and a propensity for making good use of them for youthful enlightenment.

A bilingual puppet-theater festival in the north.