Talking Hands Theatre

07/26/2026

It’s a beautiful day for Cape Cod! If you’re out on the Cape with the fam, head on over to the Cataumet Club today at 11 for a dinosaur puppet show followed by a workshop on make-your-own felt hand puppets! Free & open to all ages.
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07/24/2026

Looking forward to bringing Fairies of the Seasons to the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry tomorrow at 11am. It will be an absolutely gorgeous day for an outdoor show. And the front few rows should be nice and shady, too!

🌞 Summer Artist Spotlight! 🌞

This Saturday we welcome back Anna Sobel of Talking Hands Theatre to perform Fairies of the Seasons at 11 a.m. on Betsy Paterson Square!

Talking Hands Theatre was founded in 2004 by artist Anna Sobel, who has been a professional puppeteer since 1998. In 2003 she was the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to study puppetry in India as a tool for social change and education. She is now based in Western Massachusetts and performs all over New England.

Join Anna Sobel this Saturday for our final FREE outdoor show of 2026 (but don't forget seating)!

Photo credit: Dominic Sanders.

07/24/2026

Looking forward to bringing Fairies of the Seasons to the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry tomorrow at 11am. It will be an absolutely gorgeous day for an outdoor show. And the front few rows should be nice and shady, too!

Tomorrow! 🌞

Join us for our LAST Summer Puppet Show as Talking Hands Theatre presents Fairies of the Seasons on Betsy Paterson Square at 11am! You don’t want to miss this whimsical experience of felt animals and fairies all performed over a beautiful dress of all four seasons.

Don't forget to bring your own seating! In case of rain, the show will take place in the Ballard Institute Theater.

Photo credit: Dominic Sanders.

07/15/2026

This just in: due to air quality concerns, today's show (6pm on Wednesday, July 15) in Belchertown has been moved indoors to the auditorium at Town Hall. https://youtu.be/i5RRk3M_QD0?si=neK7gFjzW5Zqsf1H

Free and open to all to attend, thanks to the sponsorship of the Belchertown Cultural Council, a local agency, which is supported by Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Two Dinosaurs Are Better Than OneMeet different kinds of dinosaur...

05/20/2026

Great photos from last weekend's performance of Fairies at the Seasons at the Boston Children's Museum, taken by Dominic Sanders.
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04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day! Beat rainy vacation week boredom with a joyful, upbeat puppet show featuring cute forest animals and focusing on about what kids can to save the planet! Talking Hands Theatre presents Little Superheroes at the Granby Library Children's Room tomorrow, Thursday, April 23 at 1:30pm.

Sponsored by the Granby Cultural Council, a subsidiary of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Little Superheroes

04/19/2026

Talking Hands Theatre’s birthday party puppet show and puppet-making workshop just kept 35 children under four happily entertained for an hour! And just look at these wonderful puppets they made!

04/12/2026

Zahavah the Calf, everybody’s favorite character from Animal Torah 2: Exodus (now on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/album/3kHEKkyXYjwj08d1Hig2CJ?si=qfFWTmwUS1OCzQR80byIIg) looks ready for a fireside chat! She’s gonna spill all details of what really happened at the foot of the mountain at her debut performance of Thunder and Milkshakes (a Shavuot puppet show) tomorrow, Sunday, April 12 at 3pm at Brattleboro Area Jewish Community Congregation Shir Heharim.