Location : Suan-Lum Night Bazaar, Bangkok, THAILAND
Performances : Daily 17.00 pm.- 20.45 pm.

The Joe Louis Theatre performs Hun Lakhon Lek or small traditional puppets with outstanding animation potential.

Joe Louis has toured internationally and spent nearly 60 years making and performing with these puppets, so expect the ultimate in Thai craftmanship and entertainment.

The puppets each require three people to manipulate them and the range of gestures convey some very human emotions. The puppeteers wear masks, which are as carefully and lovingly crafted as the puppets themselves. Featuring favourite characters and events, the story follows snippets of the Ramakien (the Thai version of the epic Hindu tale The Ramayana). The only other company of this type in the world is in Japan. Performances last for 90 minutes and dinner is available on Saturday nights.

The process of making a puppet involves painstaking attention to details of expression and motifs of the costumes. Joe was recognised as a National Artist for his years of dedication to a type of puppetry that is like no other. The audience is given an opportunity to see masks made by the man himself.