Directed by CHENG Chia-yin, the Artistic Director of The Puppet and Its Double Theater known for her cross-cultural theatre experiences, The Nightingale integrates various types of puppetry, while the traditional and innovative, the Eastern and Western, are all brought together on stage. The round stage features a tinge of sobriety, where actors and puppets, interacting in the same space, smoothly move from one scene into the next as the story unfolds.

 Conceived by the well-known puppet designer YEH Man-ling and the creative team following her lead, the puppets in The Nightingale are exquisite and elegant paper sculptures in a mixed classical style of the eastern tradition and modern aesthetics. The performance includes traditional Chinese rod puppets and the newly created “conjoined puppets,” allowing the masterful puppeteers to revitalize various types of Andersen’s characters with satirical humor and subtle humanity throughout the fascinating theatrical experience. The music of The Nightingale, where elegant and yet lyrical melodies emerge, is composed by Piotr Salaber, a Polish award-winning composer.