Chen Xihuang, an 85-year-old glove puppetry inheritor, shows his collection of glove puppets in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, July 23, 2016. Chen began learning glove puppetry when he was 13 years ...

A Sooty glove puppet, brought home by a stagehand on the top children’s TV show as a gift for his son, has been sold at auction for more than £1,000. Brian Kent, who built sets for The Sooty Show in ...

For decades Sweep played second fiddle to saintly Sooty and his magic wand. But the mischief-maker will be squeaking with delight – after his glove puppet made an astonishing £3,000 at auction. The ...

Hokkien Potehi shows used be the talk of the town when it attracted large crowds in Penang. Today, apart from temple festivals, it is hardly seen anymore as modern audiences gravitate towards other ...

The head is carved from wood. Mechanisms in the hollow head move the eyes and mouth. The main rod, made either of wood or bamboo, runs through the neck to the head, and the length varies. The hand ...

A balloon became a fish, a penguin, a dolphin, a baby... And making it attain these shapes was Roberto White, a puppeteer from Spain. All he used was a pair of white surgical gloves. As the audience ...