krcl: : INsight with Kelly Ashkettle, December 3 (2009-12-07)

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INsight with Kelly Ashkettle, December 3

Kelly is heard on KRCL every Thursday at 8am and 1pm.

Kelly Ashkettle, staff writer with IN Magazine, talks about a local production using bunraku puppets called Shadows of the Bakemono Salt Lake City, UT The titular "bakemono" means shape-shifter, a common element in the tales.

Six performers will manipulate traditional bunraku puppets and rod puppets to tell tales of suspense and revenge. (One play, "Train at Jomo Kogen," is presented by actors in masks.)

At any given time, a puppet may be controlled by up to three people, who appear in full view of the audience but will be dressed in black and wear black masks.

Excerpt from IN Magazine.