Marionette theatre
Visually mesmerising and based on khon masked dance-drama, the art of hun lakhon lek requires three puppeteers who manipulate sticks attached to the 1-metre (3ft) tall marionettes to bring them to life. Once only performed for royalty, this endangered art was revived by Sakorn Yangkeawsot, who goes by the moniker Joe Louis.
This revival has updated hun lakhon lek by allowing freer movement and more detailed costuming, and also by incorporating contemporary themes and modern speech. You can see these elaborately costumed puppets twist and turn nightly at Bangkok’s riverside Asiatique.