“Scene of Souls in Hell” (19th century), donkey skin; Shaanxi, China (all images courtesy Museu do Oriente) LISBON — Asian shadow theater is catnip for those with energetic imaginations. Its ...

Storyteller Sona Tatoyan used her great-great-grandfather’s Karagöz shadow puppets to discuss the healing power of the arts in Keen Theater Saturday evening. Keith Allen-Melong/Daily. Buy this photo.

During my last visit to Bengaluru, at the invitation of the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad for an open lecture, I encountered ...

Shadow puppetry is afoot in the darkened lobby of Ent Center for the Arts. A masked puppeteer works quickly, moving projector sheets back and forth and up and down as he stands behind an old-school ...