French puppet show De La Fontaine wowing audiences in China

Staged by international theater company Archibald Caramantran, the shows are part of this year's Croisements Festival marking 60 years of diplomatic ties between China and France, according to Thomas Penot, cultural attache at the French Consulate General in Wuhan.

The shows, staged in open-air public places, are based on French writer Jean de La Fontaine's fables Red Balloon and Rooster and Stork Romance.