The concept of inanimate objects being brought to life has never failed to fuel our child-like imagination. As school kids we remember one of our very first exercises was to identify the living and non-living — it didn’t take us very long to do so. But when the inanimate translates into a powerful form of storytelling, the elementary exercise seems like a crude way of doing things. This Wednesday, you’ll perhaps know why.

At Iteeha, a 90-minute puppet show will see the unfolding of mythological tales with a combination of traditional art from Andhra Pradesh. Tholu Bommalata, as it is called, is a dance of leather puppets usually performing dramatised versions of epics. “This is a more musical form of puppetry. The artisans will be coming from Andhra Pradesh and we’ll begin with an introduction on how to make leather puppets. Then they will perform the show which is essentially a narration of the Ramayana, in their regional language, which will be later translated by us,” Ritika Jhunjhunwala, creative director of Iteeha, a textile consultancy, explains, adding that this will be the first time the studio is hosting the event.