Deep in the historic heart of the Sicilian capital of Palermo, a dragon stirs. A drumbeat thuds through the darkened room as the creature takes flight. The dragon lurches towards our armour-clad hero, Orlando, but it is no match for the knight. Orlando’s sword slices through the beast and its body falls to the ground. Its bloodied head dangles by a string above the stage. A burst of fun-house music from a barrel organ closes out the scene.
Here at the Antonio Pasqualino International Puppet Museum, housed in a grand building that was once home to the 18th-century Hotel de France in Palermo, slaying dragons is a
