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Boston Globe
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
A professional puppeteer builds a world with its own set of rules
In 'Party Animals,' five friends try to throw a birthday party. It features original music by Boston composer Puppeteer Sarah Nolen will perform her show "Party Animals" on Boston Common July 5. Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff 'I told him, 'I want to make a show that has hand puppets and rock 'n' roll. I want it to feel in the vein of ' Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up One character wields a yo-yo, another wraps a gift. Both posed engineering problems for the puppet designer: How do you manipulate a poet and his yo-yo? She only has two hands. 'I'm cueing all my music with my foot,' she said. 'It's very much like a one-man band.' Advertisement Sarah Nolen demonstrates how she holds her puppets "The Cheerleaders" when performing. Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Where to find her : Age : 38 Originally from : 'I grew up in the hippie cowboy town of Austin, Texas.' Lives in : Waltham Making a living : Puppets are Nolen's full-time job. In addition to her work at Puppet Showplace Theater, she designs and builds puppets for other productions and films, performs her own shows locally, and teaches. Advertisement In Sarah Nolen's Waltham studio, "everything's on wheels." Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Studio : The puppeteer lives in the loft of her Waltham Mills studio. 'I'll come down in the morning and be like, I need to make some breakfast,' she said, 'and then it'll be 11:30 a.m. and I'm in my robe hot gluing something.' Downstairs, 'Everything's on wheels,' she said. 'It's a rehearsal space. Sometimes it's molding and casting. Sometimes it's painting, sometimes it's sewing, sometimes it's woodworking.' Using L200 foam and pool noodles for the mane, puppeteer Sarah Nolen made 'Aslan' for a 2021 Boston College production of 'The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.' The large puppet calls for three puppeteers. Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff How she started : In fourth grade, Nolen created a show about Rapunzel in her living room. 'Toilet paper was the hair,' she said. After college, she worked as a production assistant on reality shows ' What she makes : 'What don't I make?' Nolen said. 'With puppetry, you're building a world that is not human-centric. That world has its own rules, it has its own aesthetic, and it has its own needs. Whatever world that is, it's going to come with different starting points.' A wooden marionette is posed on Sarah Nolen's work table in her Waltham studio. Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff How she works : 'You're learning on the job every time,' she said. 'There's always a surprise.' To make giant puppets for an Advice for artists : 'You never know when inspiration will come from,' Nolen said. 'Don't limit your palette of curiosity.' Advertisement Puppeteer Sarah Nolen poses with "Sammy." She made "Sammy" with assistance from puppet builder John Cody, for the 2021 movie 'Don't Look Up.' Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
SoraNews24
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- SoraNews24
Ghibli Park after dark – anime theme park to stay open at night on special dates this summer
A rare chance to visit Ghibli Park after sundown. There are a lot of ways Ghibli Park isn't like other theme parks. The focus is on atmosphere and artistry, not rides and parades. Attendance is capped to keep the mood relaxed and peaceful. And when the sun goes down, everyone goes home, since Ghibli Park shuts down at 5 p.m. At least, it usually shuts down at 5 p.m. Ghibli Park is making an exception this summer, though, in connection with the Night Fantasy event being held at Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park, the park in which Ghibli Park is located. On the first three Saturdays of August, August 2, 9, and 16, Ghibli Park will be open until 8 p.m., giving anime fans the chance to enjoy the facility after sundown, which should make for an even more immersive-feeling experience. Ghibli Park is composed of five separate areas, three of which will be open on the special nights: Mononoke Village (based on the world of Princess Mononoke ), Valley of Witches (with locations from Howl's Moving Castle , Kiki's Delivery Service , and Earwig and the Witch ), and Ghibli's Grand Warehouse (a museum-like collection of Ghibli art, statues, and exhibits that also houses the theater which screens Studio Ghibli's short anime films). Admission to Ghibli's Grand Warehouse is organized into entrance-time blocks, so for the extended-hour days 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. blocks are being added, while entry gates to Mononoke Village and Valley of Witches will be open until 7:30 p.m. Tickets must be reserved in advance for all days at Ghibli Park, and reservations for August can be made starting June 10 at 2 p.m. online here. Meanwhile, if you're looking for spookier after-dark theme park options this summer, don't forget about the bloody zombie outbreak happening at Hello Kitty's Puroland amusement park. Source: Ghibli Park via Ghibli no Sekai Top image: Studio Ghibli Insert image: Ghibli Park ● Want to hear about SoraNews24's latest articles as soon as they're published? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
New Indian Express
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New Indian Express
Emma Mackey cast as the White Witch in Greta Gerwig's Narnia
The White Witch has arrived in Narnia. Actor Emma Mackey is reteaming with Greta Gerwig after Barbie to play the evil queen in the upcoming adaptation of CS Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia books backed by Netflix. Reportedly based on the sixth Narnia book The Magician's Nephew , Gerwig will be writing as well directing the upcoming film. Mackey is taking over the baton from Tilda Swinton who played the iconic character in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). She is set to join Meryl Streep, who is in negotiations to play Aslan, the lion who is Narnia's guardian and guide for the entire community who reside in it. Earlier, Margaret Qualley was in talks to star as the White Witch. The White Witch's real name is Jadis, is the main antagonist for The Magician's Nephew and the beloved Narnia book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe . She turns her enemies into statues and is infamous for putting Narnia in an eternal winter. The film is scheduled to debut in theatres on Thanksgiving Day in 2026 for two weeks before its OTT run—a rare move for the streamer—following Gerwig's request. Gerwig, whose Barbie broke box office records in 2023, has been attached to the Narnia project since 2020 after earning critical acclaim and an Oscar nomination for Lady Bird. Netflix acquired the rights to the beloved fantasy series in 2018 and aims to turn it into a major franchise. Emma Mackey, widely recognized for her role in Netflix's Sex Education , has secured major parts in several upcoming projects. She stars alongside Glen Powell and Jenna Ortega in JJ Abrams' upcoming Warner Bros. feature, appears in Julia Ducournau's Alpha —set to premiere at next month's Cannes Film Festival—and takes on the lead role in James L. Brooks' comedy Ella McCay , arriving in theaters on December 12.
Fox News
09-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Rare letter reveals 'profound' Christian faith of former atheist at the Museum of the Bible
Washington, DC – The Museum of the Bible (MOTB) in the nation's capital has opened an exhibit giving visitors a deeper understanding of humankind's journey of seeking truth. Titled "C. S. Lewis and the Myth That Became Fact," the exhibit showcases the British writer and theologian's journey from atheism to Christianity. The exhibit includes a rare letter penned by Lewis himself to a correspondent named Mr. Rooke. "Letter to Mr. Rooke" was dated Dec. 8, 1937, several years after Lewis converted to Christianity. Wesley Viner, associate curator at the museum, told Fox News Digital the letter is part of an ongoing correspondence about the nature of poetry, knowledge and Christianity. "In this particular letter, Lewis describes the vision possessed by certain poets as 'knowledge in the deepest sense,' but he rejects the idea that poetry must focus exclusively on 'great subjects' like truth, faith or God," said Viner. Viner added, "Instead, he humorously notes that some of humanity's greatest poetry is concerned with ostensibly mundane and trivial topics, like 'men sticking bits of pointed metal into each other in a quarrel.'" The exhibit brings together worshipers of all ages, museum leaders said. "The great revelation of poetry, Lewis argues, is that 'there are no trivial nor uninteresting things,'" Viner said. Also included in the exhibit are first and rare editions of Lewis's work. Carlos Campo, CEO of the MOTB, told Fox News Digital the exhibit brings together worshipers of all ages. "Many of us, people from my generation, really came to know the Lord through books like 'Mere Christianity' and understanding C. S. Lewis. Then we gave our kids and grandkids 'The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,' and then suddenly they came to know him as well," said Campo. The portal fantasy novel was published in 1990. It was turned into a film in 2005. "You can see the hard apologist that he was. He really was a man who had no faith and then came to faith but [was] erudite," said Campo. He said Lewis was "someone who knew as much about John Milton as he did about the Bible and yet became a real standard-bearer for the Christian faith." To celebrate Lewis, the museum will be presenting Lewis's Narnia works, showcasing "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" in its World Stage Theater. The "C. S. Lewis and the Myth That Became Fact" exhibit runs until Feb. 14, 2026.
