Wehea is a little boy who lives in a big rain forest. Just like any other people who live there, Wehea has a special connection with nature. Even the smallest beings in the forest are his friends. One day, he sees a very special rhinoceros beetle and sets off on an adventure to meet it! What unfolds is a story about friendship and the special connection between humans and nature.
Based on a story told by a 5-year old little boy with designs inspired by his drawings “A Bucket of Beetles” asks us whether we are doing all we can to care for the water, the earth and the air.
Be sure to watch the studio tour with Ria of Papermoon Puppet Theatre included in the playlist!
Producer: Papermoon Puppet Theatre
Artistic Directors: Maria Tri Sulistyani & Iwan Effendi
Story of Lunang Pramusesa
Puppet Engineer: Anton Fajri
Puppet Designers: Anton Fajri, Lunang Pramusesa, Iwan Effendi
Puppet & Set Builder: Anton Fajri, Beni Sanjaya, Pambo Priyo, Rusli Hidayat, Maria Tri Sulistyani
Puppeteers: Anton Fajri, Beni Sanjaya, Pambo Priyo
Music Composer: Yennu Ariendra
Videographer: Gabra Mikael & Rangga Yudhistira
Video Editor: Gabra Mikael
Video Coloring by Rangga Yudhistira
About Papermoon Puppet Theatre
Papermoon Puppet Theatre was founded in April 2006 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia by Co-Artistic Director Maria Tri Sulistyani (Ria). She has since nurtured, developed, and expanded the company together with Co-Artistic Director Iwan Effendi, a visual artist and Papermoon’s puppet designer. Among other close collaborators, we work with a collective of puppeteers, which includes Anton Fajri, Pambo Priyojati, and Beni Sanjaya.
To date, Papermoon Puppet Theatre has created more than 30 puppet performances and visual art installations and exhibitions, which we have toured to more than 10 countries. In 2008, we launched Pesta Boneka, an international puppet biennale that welcomes puppeteers from around the world to our home city, where they can share their work in a community setting.
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Photo Credit: Rangga Yudhistira