The Teochew Store Blog / puppetry

三十多年来，出生于潮剧世家的吴慧玲，一直坚持传承和发展潮剧及潮州铁枝木偶艺术，并在马来西亚槟城开设了全大马首家潮州戏曲文化艺术空间——潮艺馆。在传承的道路上，吴慧玲女士勇于创新，将现代戏剧、音乐剧等不同元素加入到传统表演中，吸引了更多年轻人的关注和参与。与此同时，她也积极推动潮剧与铁枝木偶艺术走向更广阔的舞台，让更多其他族群了解和体验潮州戏曲的独特魅力。

潮舗 The Teochew Store 在槟城连线吴慧玲女士，请她讲述自己传承潮剧、铁枝木偶艺术，以及经营潮艺馆的心路历程。

For half a century, Sin Ee Lye Heng Teochew Opera Troupe (Iron-Rod Puppet Troupe) has dedicated itself to preserving and evolving Teochew street opera. It is the last and only remaining Teochew iron rod puppet troupe in Singapore.

In an interview with The Teochew Store, Christine Ang, the third-generation successor of Sin Ee Lye Heng, shares how her family has carried on the troupe's legacy with love across three generations.

A masterful display of puppetry, live music and opera singing by Sin Ee Lye Heng Puppet Troupe 新加坡新怡梨興潮剧团（铁枝木偶剧团), which thoroughly entertained and mesmerised a healthy crowd of children and adults at the ACM (Asian Civilisations Museum).

The last remaining performers of the unique Teochew metal-rod puppetry in Singapore, Sin Ee Lye Heng keeps alive a performing art that has been part of the country’s heritage for at least a century. Hope our Teochew community will support them!

We don't mention this enough. The Teochew Store has our own YouTube channel (with 10,000 fans now!), with a number of curated playlists with videos for Teochew language lessons, trendy music, films, documentary, culture, opera and children too!

Youtube.com/@theteochewstore

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An Introduction to the History and Culture of the Teochews in Singapore - a rare English language book on Teochew culture. Available for purchase on Amazon.

"Penned in three sections covering a wide range of topics from history and architecture to customs and the performing arts, the 164-page book published by World Scientific is one of the few of its kind in English." - The Straits Times

A review of the book can be read here.