International Puppetry Festival
No Stings Attached – A mini puppetry festival from around the world!
No Strings Attached is an annual mini festival organised by the Paper Monkey Theatre. The festival gathers reputable puppetry groups and artists from across the world. We have had the honour to host groups from countries such as Australia, Italy, Taiwan and Thailand.
This festival aims to promote puppetry to the Singapore audiences by providing a platform for them to experience various forms of puppetry. The international and regional groups perform in mime or in English, and this makes it accessible for audiences to enjoy and understand puppetry as an artform. The Paper Monkey Theatre hopes to encourage interest and deepen the appreciation of the craft of puppetry through this exposure.
Please email us if you are interested to participate in our No Strings Attached 2023.
No Strings Attached International Puppetry Festival 2026 – Beyond Borders & Strings
Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, the No Strings Attached International Puppetry Festival 2026 continues its mission of bringing the world's most inspiring puppetry artists to Singapore. This milestone edition embraces the theme "Beyond Borders and Strings", inviting audiences to discover how puppetry transcends language, culture and borders through the universal power of storytelling.
No Strings Attached International Puppetry Festival 2026 – The Soup of Reincarnation
Presented as the headline production of Paper Monkey Theatre's No Strings Attached International Puppetry Festival 2026 – 10th Anniversary, The Soup of Reincarnation 《孟婆汤》 marks its Singapore premiere, offering audiences a rare opportunity to experience one of Taiwan's most celebrated contemporary glove puppetry productions.
No Strings Attached 2024
No Strings Attached is an annual mini international puppet festival organised by the Paper Monkey Theatre. The festival gathers reputable puppetry groups and artists from across the world. We have had the honour to host groups from countries such as Australia, Italy, Taiwan and Thailand.
No Strings Attached 2023
No Strings Attached is a festival organised by Paper Monkey Theatre that features puppetry artists from Asia and around the world. The festival this year will present works from artists based in Germany, Korea, Thailand and puppeteers from Singapore. Be inspired and touched by the magical world of puppets.
No Strings Attached 2022
No Strings Attached is a festival organised by Paper Monkey Theatre that features puppetry artists from Asia and around the world. The festival this year will present works from artists based in Germany, Korea, Thailand and puppeteers from Singapore. Be inspired and touched by the magical world of puppets.
No Strings Attached 2021
Through the overwhelming support from our friends and supporters, No Strings Attached is back! And for the first time ever, a digital edition!