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US Karagoz Theatre Company

Creating contemporary performances rooted in Karagöz (shadow theatre) and Meddah (traditional storytelling), both recognized on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

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Puppetry International

Flashback: 1966

What was happening in puppetry around the world sixty years ago? The answers gathered here reveal 1966 as a period of artistic invention, institution-building, international exchange, political repression, and changing ideas about what puppetry could be. Together, they show that a flashback is never merely backward-looking: it brings us to the institutions, artistic languages, political wounds, and historical categories that continue to shape puppetry now.

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