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Open Call for UNIMA Symposium: Borders – Puppetry Unborders

News, Notices, Research, South Korea - 11/10/2024

Borders – Puppetry Unborders Dates: May 22-23, 2025 Location: Chuncheon, Korea Submission Deadline: January 1, 2025 The UNIMA Symposium on “Borders – Puppetry Unborders” is now accepting submissions! This symposium is hosted as part of the 2025 UNIMA Congress and the Chuncheon World Puppet Festival. Call for Papers: We invite participants to explore the question […]

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Research and Documentary residencies 2025

News, Notices, Research - 28/09/2024

The Institut International de la Marionnette (IIM) is to join forces with the Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes to create, from January 2025, a reference centre for the puppetry arts. Research will continue to be a key element of its project. Through the programme of research residencies and documentary residencies proposed by its Documentation […]

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Pro-Vocation Roots and Wings – An International Exchange on Puppetry Arts in Africa

Presented by Professional Training Commission from the UNIMA, in partnership with The Centre for Humanities Research (CHR)/ University of the Western Cape (UWC) The Pro-Vocation series are international conferences on puppetry training, organized by UNIMA’s Professional Training Commission since 2015. In November 2024, the UNIMA Professional Training Commission, the Africa Commission, and the UNIMA SA, […]

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Pop Up Puppets in Stockholm 2024 – Festival Review by Cariad Astles

Pop Up Puppets in Stockholm 2024 Pop Up Puppets 2024, despite the ephemeral-sounding title, is a puppet festival with large, splendid and grounded performances. In its third iteration, the growing success of the festival has made marks upon Stockholm’s cultural landscape and makes future festivals look highly likely to continue and grow. This year’s shows […]

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Women and autobiographical identities within puppet theatre – International symposium

News, Notices, Research - 13/05/2024

Women and autobiographical identities within puppet theatre International symposium May 23rd 2024: 10 am to 13.30 pm Sala Muratori | Biblioteca Classense | Via Baccarini, Ravenna, and online Curated by Cristina Grazioli, Cariad Astles and Roberta Colombo Note: Registration details will be published soon. Make sure to follow for updates! With patronage from the Department […]

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