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Asia-Pacific International Puppetry Festival

China - 25/10/2013

  Co-organiser of the event and helped by the Asia-Pacific commission of UNIMA, the chinese national centre invites the companies and lecturers to apply for the First Asia-Pacific International Puppetry Festival organized in Nanchong (China) from 1 to 7 June 2014. This festival is opened to compagnies from all around the world. Please, find below the letters of invitations and the application forms to send before 31 October […]

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Poster of Council in Cuba unveiled

Cuba, Secretary General - 13/09/2013

The poster of the next UNIMA Council  has been presented. Its reminds that the next UNIMA Council will take place in Cuba in April 2014. Furthermore, the Executive Committee meeting will be organized a the the end of 2013, in November in Bakou (Azerbaijan).   These two important events of the UNIMA life will be connected with international puppet theatre festivals.

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Anniversary of British UNIMA

Great Britain - 13/09/2013

The British National Centre of UNIMA celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2013. British UNIMA started on a high with the 1963 UNIMA Presidium (Executive committee) meeting in London and the first major international puppet festival in the UK.   Active Centre since its foundation, several members were member of the Executive Committee, British UNIMA works to […]

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20 years of THEMAA!

France - 25/07/2013

Founded after the merger of the “Centre National de la Marionnette” (CNM) and UNIMA France in 1993, THEMAA will celebrate its 20th anniversay during its General Assembly in France (Marne, France). THEMAA is welcomed by “Orbis Pictus”, festival of experimental and brief forms. Several meetings and discussions are offered. The General Assembly will be organized Frida, May 17. Saturday, May 18, […]

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50th Anniversary of Bulgarian National Centre

Bulgaria - 10/07/2013

  As you probably know, Bulgaria is one of the countries which have founded the UNIMA and has taken part in the first Congress in Prague in 1929, represented by Ms Elisaveta Konsulova-Vazova. The ideas and the values of UNIMA always stay in the hearth of Bulgarian puppetry Theatre artists today.   UNIMA Bulgaria, is […]

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