Joe Louis Puppet Theatre : “the Birth of Ganesha” the Best Performance Award 2008

On 2 June 2008, a mesmerizing performance, “the Birth of Ganesha”, by the Thai Puppet troupe (Joe Louis Puppet Theatre), won the Best Performance Award, the highest acclaim of this year, at the 12th World Festival of Puppet Art 2008, held in Prague, the Czech Republic, with 25

troupes from 17 countries competing in the final round।

This is the second award that the troupe received after winning “the Best Traditional Performance” Award in 2006।

The show narrates the birth of “Ganesha”, a Hindu god of success and arts and about the struggle to maintain peace in the three terrains of the earth according to Hindu cosmology।

The Joe Louis puppet play is performed by each puppet being controlled jointly by three puppeteers with all of whom appearing on stage with the puppet thereby creating highly animated, life-like movements। This enables the puppets to move or dance gracefully.

The Joe Louis Puppet Theatre is the only troupe of Thai theatrical puppeteers in existence। The performance is a showcase for Thailand’s cultural heritage and reflects the unstinting efforts of the troupe to preserve this exotic art form।

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Interested persons should make reservations in advance, tel. 0 2252 9683 to 4., 0 2252 5227 to 9 #101-104
Show time
Daily 19.30 - 21.00 hrs.
Ticket fee
Adults and children (over 120 cm height): 900 BChildren (not over 120 cm height): 300 B
Buses
50, 14, 47, 17, 115
BTS Skytrain
Saladaeng station, then bus no. 115
MRT Metro
Silom station, then bus no. ११५