January 23, 2012

New Year Greetings from Marionette Theatre Blog

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Time has passed and Marionette Theatre Blog has been establishied for almost 3 years. Hereby wish everyone a smooth sailing Dragon Year!
January 21, 2012

Dragon tales and shadow puppets

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For this coming lunar new year, it will be the year of Dragon (龙) and there have been many Chinese tales regarding the mythical being Dragon...
November 13, 2011

Puppet performance to mark the opening of new Chong Yee temple

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Was finally at Chong Yee temple on 12 November although the actual puppet performance started one day before. Here are some pictures of the ...
October 19, 2011

Talks on Chinese puppets and opera at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall

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Wan Qing Yuan ( 晚晴园 ), formerly known as Sun Yat-Sen villa, is now known as the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall. It was closed for redeve...
October 12, 2011

Who says puppets are unrealistic?

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Was very delighted to see puppet display at the Esplanade walkway last month. These puppets are actually depictions of real-life people who ...
September 26, 2011

Sun Yat Sen and Cantonese opera

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Chinese revolutionist Sun Yat Sen is known for his founding of modern China. But do you know that he has a brief contact with Cantonese oper...
August 31, 2011

Italian aria + Southern Chinese music (Nanguan) = Glove Puppet show "Marco Polo"

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"Marco Polo" by Taiyuan Puppet Theatre Company Friday 26 August, Saturday 27 August, 7.15pm & 11.30pm Glass Atrium, Level 2...