String and Shadow Puppet Theater’s “Ship of Fools,” about a trio of red-nosed fools on an epic journey, is the troupe’s biggest show yet.

For its sixth summer play, Olympia’s String and Shadow Puppet Theater creates backstage intrigue with “Night at the Grand Opera,” opening Friday, Aug. 15.

String and Shadow Theater's ‘Night at the Grand Opera' What: String and Shadow's sixth annual all-ages giant-puppet extravaganza will take audiences behind the scenes of an opera house.