Ambassador Nazri: US State Dept displeased with PM Anwar's comments on Gaza conflict, wanted Putrajaya to sympathise with IsraelLIEGE, Nov 2 — Award-winning Belgian film actor Bouli Lanners tenderly applies the final brushstrokes to a traditional wooden puppet he is working on in the cellar of his home in Liege.
After inheriting last year a collection from his father-in-law, whose family had run one of Liege’s famed puppet troupes, he is now looking to set up his own theatre in his backyard with his wife. But Lanners is convinced there is still room for the slower form of entertainment that has always had a special place in this working-class town of 200,000 in eastern Belgium.“Cinema killed off puppetry somewhat, but today there are still six fixed and three travelling theatres.
Their troupe consists of an impressive series of around 160 characters and animals including donkeys, snakes and dragons, which they will manipulate at arm’s length behind the stage.