Chicken John is trying to bring Thailand’s Kai Doom Doom puppet troupe to Burning Man this year. To help achieve this dream, he is having a fundraiser, “Puppets from Perverisa”, this Saturday, April 29th at Cafe du Nord in San Francisco.
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Traditional Thai shadow puppetry is amazing. If you don’t know about it, your missing out. But they do not do traditional Thai shadow puppets. They do more marionette stuff, but it’s all totally experimental and ‘new’. They are young and full of ideas. My intention is to fly them out, do a few shows here in SF and maybe LA. Bring the whole brood to Burning Man and set up a small theatre for them to perform their puppetry for the good citizens of BRC. Send them home with a few dollars as well. Just like they did for us.
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Where can I see them in Thailand? I’m living in Bangkok right now!
I’m apparently an utter newb, ’cause I can’t figure out what time of day this is happening. Even cafedunord.com has no mention of a time. I suppose I’ll just have to loiter there all day long in the hopes of catching some puppety goodness. :)
Ah-HA! Thank goodness for the Squid List posting and/or the Upcoming.org entry, which suggest the event will begin somewhere around 8:30-9:00. Probably post meridian. Phew! A few more chunks of my newbie eggshell knocked away.
The puppets on the invitation resemble the skin puppets (wayang kulit) that come from Indonesia.
Interesting post. I just wish I didn’t live so out of the way of the area it’s showing in.
Hi I love the Thai puppet idea, I hope it is still going to happen I live in Reno and have been going to BRC for 6 years now. I also speak very fluent Thai and would be glad to help on the playa with the Thai folks.
Let me know . Thanks Bill
I have a mule skin puppet show (STORY OF FIVE KINGS) chinese, 1926, I dont know what to do with them. very,very old and in perfect condition with a written story about original owner 1899. mail me if you can help on selling this collection. thanks, paul