Glyn Edwards looks at how international puppetry can work to build audiences in the UK.

Fancy seeing Don Juan in Slovak, at a village hall in Shropshire? How about a fairy tale performed in Russian, at the Midlands Arts Centre (mac) in Birmingham? Or an ecologically themed puppet show in Turkish, performed at Newhampton Arts Centre in Wolverhampton? The Dynamics 07 International Puppetry Festival certainly lived up to its name by hosting a number of sell-out shows performed by... more