London International Mime Festival 2013: Stan's Café – The Cardinals

Banish thoughts of Marcel Marceau knock-offs trapped in invisible boxes: this festival dating back to 1977 offers wordless work from around the world involving everything from puppetry and animation to circus skills and new technology, including many UK premieres. In 'The Cardinals', a female Muslim stage manager supervises three cardinals presenting a Biblical puppet show with references to the crusades and the current Middle East crisis – but without puppets…