Circus on the Strings is a very interesting puppetry play showing the great manipulation skills from Viktor Antonov.

Although FIMP (Porto International Marionette Festival) doesn”t focus too much in traditional marionettes, Circus on the Strings was that kind of show that fulfill the expectation of a more traditional audience.

Each time that i a see great puppeteer manipulating with great precision string puppets, i just wonder how they achieve this level of manipulation. It´s very difficult to handle so many strings with such precision giving life to puppets in a expressive way.

Viktor brought to FIMP this amazing work, a classic puppetry play with superb details.

The puppet mechanics were simply amazing; puppets that move their heads, mouths, eyes, even the color of their heads. To control all this parts, the manipulation controllers were very sophisticated.