Shadow Puppet Theatre & Cinema Tuktuk

Southern Laos


Run by Frenchman Yves Bernard, this magical theatre next to the tourist office tells a story from the Ramayana with traditional shadow puppets, while on Wednesday and Saturday nights it screens the Academy Award–nominated silent film Chang (1927). What makes it so great is the live musicians providing the soundtrack.

Chang was filmed over 18 months in the jungles of northeast Thailand by the writer and director of Hollywood's original King Kong.