Manual Cinema was less than a year old then, but that performance was exactly the kind of bewitching, intimate shadow puppet show the company has built its growing and unlikely reputation on — a ...

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With puppets, projectors and live performances, Manual Cinema creates surreal movies as the audience watches the process unfold. Video shot and edited by Eric Krupke The black silhouette of a girl’s ...

Overhead projectors may not be used much in schools anymore, but that doesn’t mean they’re obsolete. In the hands of Chicago performance company Manual Cinema, the humble light-and-mirror box becomes ...

Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster is Manual Cinema's offering in the 6th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival. Credit: Rebecca J. Michelson The Chicago International Puppet ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago-based performance company Manual Cinema has invented a new style of performance art. The company spends most summers traveling the world with their unique multimedia blend.

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