The struggles of the Russian puppeteer
Khabarovsk Puppet Theatre keeps Russian tradition alive
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The puppeteers are milling around outside, smoking cigarettes and drinking instant coffee. A minute later their colleague, Natalia Ovcharenko, comes down the stairs. “What are you still doing here, we’ve already started,” she says. They shrug and shuffle inside, no hurry.