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Annual Day of the Belgian UNIMA Centre

Belgium - 10/11/2015

On November 7th, 2015, on a beautiful Saturday, the friends of the puppetry from the whole Belgium gathered themselves at the foot of the castle of the Counts of Flanders to participate to the traditional Annual Day of the Belgian UNIMA Centre, organized in Gent (Ghent), in the frame of a great Flemish festival, the […]

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First Egyptian puppet exhibition

Egypt - 8/11/2015

An enchanting gathering of puppets and dolls was presented at Al-Hanager exhibition room until Wednesday November 4th, 2015, as part of the third Arab Forum for Puppet Arts and Shadow Theatres. This first exhibition regarding the Egyptian puppet was organized in collaboration with UNIMA-Egypt, Cairo Puppet Theatre and the Arab Theatre Institute. The idea was […]

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Death of Christopher Leith

United Kingdom - 24/10/2015

We are saddened to report that Christopher Leith passed away on 17th October 2015. Christopher Leith was a master puppeteer, director and writer. He was the director of the Little Angel Theatre from 1992 to 2000. Of his own creations, perhaps his masterpiece was a version of the Beowulf legend which was shown in 1979 […]

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