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Started in 2001 by the Ishara Puppet Theatre Trust and produced by Teamwork Arts<\/a>, the annual Ishara International Puppet Festival in New Delhi aims to “increase public awareness and appreciation of the various forms of puppetry from India and abroad\u201d. During the same period as the main event, the Tagore Theatre Society in Chandigarh holds a parallel four-day festival featuring a selection of the productions staged in New Delhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years, the Ishara International Puppet Festival has mounted award-winning puppetry productions, conducted several educational workshops and brought to India works by over 160 international companies. These include those from Brazil, Sweden, Spain, Turkey and the UK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From rod and string to mixed performances with dance, theatre and music, the festival<\/a> a showcase of both traditional and modern kinds of the theatre art and among Asia\u2019s largest puppet festivals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 19th Ishara International Puppet Theatre Festival will take place between14 and 20 Feb 2023 at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi & Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh. The acts at this year’s festival include Gulliver’s Travels<\/em> by Puppet Shala Group, Jan Klaassen, Katrijn & the Crown of Kind William Alexander<\/em> by Frans Hakkermars Poppentheater of Netherlands, Dragon and the Devil <\/em>by Kamfor Babszonhaz of Hungary, Aisha’s Journey and Rumiyana<\/em> by The Ishara Puppet Theatre, Puppet Fantasy<\/em> by Theatre Sangsahwa of South Korea and Il Fil’Armonico by Teatro Tages of Italy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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