What do a national state of emergency, a hyena and a twig have in common with “War Horse,” the astounding play by Nick Stafford and the Handspring Puppet Company set during World War I? A talk with ...

Unlike in Steven Spielberg’s world, where (mostly) a horse is a horse, the “Joey” in the stage production of War Horse is a very intricately hand-crafted puppet that takes three puppeteers to operate ...

It starts simply with just a pair of birds, suspended by long poles, crisscrossing in the air high above the stage at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater. Then you see him, young Joey, a lanky ...

War Horse use real horses, but a couple of particularly animal-unfriendly scenes required the use of animatronics. Wired.co.uk discovers how special effects company Neil Corbould SFX, which has ...

The day after the Tony Awards ceremony and Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler, creators of the puppetry that’s at the heart and spirit of Lincoln Center’s acclaimed “War Horse,” were exhausted but ...

A huge humpback whale is among the mysterious creatures inhabiting String and Shadow Puppet Theater’s “Ship of Fools.” Courtesy of String and Shadow Puppet Theater String and Shadow Puppet Theater’s ...

The Lion King features co-puppet design by Julie Taymor and Michael Curry. There are more than 232 puppets in the show, including rod puppets, shadow puppets and full-sized puppets. The Lion King ...