Projects
Shadow Puppet Theater from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand
Curated by
Alexandra Green
Co-curator
Matthew Cohen
Post-doctoral Researcher
Sadiah Boonstra
8 September 2016 – 29 October 2017
The British Museum’s Southeast Asian shadow puppet collection
The British Museum
Great Russell St, London
WC1B 3DG, United Kingdom
This exhibition showcases The British Museum’s Southeast Asian shadow puppet collection. It traces connections between the various Southeast Asian traditions, showing continuities and change across time. It shows how shadow puppets have been produced, used, and consumed in Southeast Asia and looks at the core stories of shadow theatre.
