The Puppet & Its Double Theater
The Puppet as a metaphor: The role of puppetry in life
The Puppet as a metaphor: The role of puppetry in life
Launched in 1999, The Puppet and Its Double Theater is dedicated to an experimental approach and a belief that all possible things can be formed into puppets, exploring the possibilities of puppetry in contemporary performing art.
The Puppet and Its Double is known for filling puppets with souls and looking into the interactions between real persons and puppets so as to find new interpretations of puppet performance.
The group incorporates various forms of puppetry, including glove puppets, string puppets, rod puppets, table-top puppets; its performance also draw techniques and inspirations from shadow theater and co-staging actors and puppets.
With professional and delicate puppetry skills, the Puppet, and Its Double brings forth an imaginary space that humans alone cannot realize. The group has received numerous invitations to perform at international art festivals and is a distinctive group of contemporary Taiwanese theater that crosses many boundaries.
The Selfish Giant
In an eternally frozen garden, the Giant needs to find the smile to defrost the frigid winter.
The Selfish Giant is a well-known fairy tale written by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) for his little son. Despite its insinuated undertone, the story contains deep love for the world and the wisdom of life.
The fragility of children and flowers is used to contrast the powerfulness of the Giant, but the Giant, with such strength, needs the children to defrost the frozen garden.
Puppet & Its Double is skilled in leading the audience into the magical forest using exquisite puppet mechanism and following the poetic journey which not only allows children to admire aloud, but also silently contemplate. The playfulness, curiosity and joy of adults are also awakened.
You are invited to enjoy this poetic classical fairy tale, and witness how the tough Giant breaks the ice and snow, and welcomes spring into his garden through the power of sharing and love.
Director: CHENG Chia-yin
Music Design / Live Musician: LUO Fei-tsuei
Stage/Puppet Design: YEH Man-ling
Stage/Mechanical Design: YU Meng-ju
Lighting Design: Helmi FITA (Singapore)
Costume Design: WANG Yi-ching
Storyteller: LIU Yu-jane
Actor: YANG Bo-wei, WEI Lin-chuan
Touring Personnel: 9 persons (Performers ×4, Director x1, Stage Manager x1, Lighting ×1, Sound ×1, administrative manager x1)
Performance Fee: 5,000 USD for the first show, 3,500USD/per show after the first show
Program Duration: 60 minutes with no intermission
Stage Dimensions: 10m wide x 8m depth x 5m height (meter)
Tech Spec:
Stage
Props
Lighting & Power
Sound
Others
Additional items needed on location
Set Up/Move out: Set up: 16 - 24 hrs; move out: 3 hrs
Available Dates: January 2025 - December 2026
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