Photo: ABHISAR BOSE.
Links Hall and Chicago Puppet Fest present
Tram Arts Trust: Maati Katha
In the dangerous and magical land of Sunderbans – the vast forested delta area in West Bengal (Eastern India) and Bangladesh – great rivers combine and split before merging into the Bay of Bengal. Here, living is a fragile balance between land and water, forest and field, domestic and wild, calm and storm and, of course, people. The legend and philosophy of “Bonbibi” looms large in popular imagination, “You are all connected: the crocodile, the tiger, water, forest, land, all human beings…All!” Real-time sculpting meets traditional storytelling as shape shifting ‘maati’ (clay, mud, soil, earth, land) shines in the Land of 18 Tides.
For ages 12 and up.
Check out the trailer for Maati Katha here.
TICKETS
$21 General Admission
$16 Seniors/Students
ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES
Wednesday, January 22nd at 5pm
Wednesday, January 22nd at 8pm
About Tram Arts Trust
Based in New Delhi and Mumbai, Tram Arts Trust pioneers Object Theatre in India, using everyday objects to create evocative narratives. Their performances blend traditional storytelling with innovative uses of found objects, offering a poetic exploration of heritage and identity. At this year’s festival, Maati Katha brings Indian culture to life through this unique form of puppet theater.
About the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival
The 2025 Chicago Puppet Fest will span 12 days and dozens of Chicago venues, presenting an international pageant of puppet artists sharing more than 100 puppetry activities. Get set for all-ages spectacle shows in landmark theaters, intimate works on smaller stages, and the always popular, adults-only, late night puppet cabarets.
With hundreds of artists and civic leaders working around the globe and here in Chicago to make it happen, we aim to fan a fire in you that inspires your vigor and heats your soul. We offer a unique and broad range of work from around our planet. You’ll find the puppet particularly adept at embodying the supernatural with such tales as Dracula or The Cabinet. Likewise the puppet holds the gravity of powerful dramas such as Life & Times of Michael K and The House by the Lake. And equally capturing a comic world of I Killed The Monster. Revel with us in the return of Chicago’s jewel: The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival! Learn more at https://chicagopuppetfest.org/#.
ADDITIONAL PUPPET THEATER FESTIVAL PROGRAMMING AT LINKS HALL