UNIMA-UKRAINE
“Premieres of a Season 2024–2025”: Online Festival of Ukrainian Puppetry
January 24 – March 15, 2026 · Every Saturday & Sunday at 16:00 EET · Online
UNIMA-UKRAINE welcomes you and invites all connoisseurs of puppetry art to join the online events offered by their centre.
Since 2011, UNIMA-UKRAINE has hosted the All-Ukrainian online festival “Premieres of a Season”, within the framework of which all puppet theatres of Ukraine have the opportunity to submit video recordings of performances from the last season and compete for victory in the nominations “Best Performance for Children”, “Best Performance for Teenagers and Adults”, “Best Acting”, “Best Direction”, “Best Scenography”, “Best Dramaturgy” and others.
We have the honour to invite you to the online broadcasts of performances that were recommended by the “Premieres of a Season 2024–2025” jury for presentation to the public. Broadcasts will take place every Saturday and Sunday from January 24 to March 15, 2026 at 16:00 (EET).
Access to video recordings of performances will be available for 24 hours from the start of each online premiere.
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Schedule
24.01 — “Where Do Babies Come From” · Kyiv Municipal Academic Puppet Theatre on the Left Bank of the Dnipro
25.01 — “The Coloured Fox” · Rivne Academic Regional Puppet Theatre
31.01 — “Thumbelina” · Ternopil Academic Regional Theatre of Actor and Puppet
01.02 — “Mother” · Kropyvnytskyi Academic Regional Puppet Theatre
07.02 — “The Bear and the Tiger in Search of Happiness” · Lviv Academic Theatre of Miniatures “People and Puppets”
08.02 — “Weeping King and Tickle Man” · Chernivtsi Academic Regional Puppet Theatre
14.02 — “The Tom Thumb” · Ivano-Frankivsk Academic Regional Puppet Theatre
15.02 — “The Pilot and the Little Prince” · Rivne Academic Regional Puppet Theatre
21.02 — “Alice in Wonderland” · Lviv Ivan Franko National University
22.02 — “All-World” · Volyn Academic Regional Puppet Theatre
28.02 — “Behind the Mask” · Kyiv National I.K. Karpenko-Karyi University of Theatre, Cinema and Television
01.03 — “The Viy” · Vinnytsia Academic Regional Puppet Theatre
07.03 — “Paradzanov. The Balcony of Childhood” · Kharkiv State Viktor Afanasiev Academic Puppet Theatre
08.03 — “The Backstage of the Theatre” · Lviv Academic Regional Puppet Theatre
14.03 — “Herod” · Transcarpathian Academic Regional Puppet Theatre
15.03 — “The Sea Will Return” · Poltava Academic Regional Puppet Theatre
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