The Grünschnabel Prize, a sponsorship award for a young puppet theatre company
In 2020, at the 14th Figura Theatre Festival in Baden, Switzerland, the Cantonal Council of Aargau will award the ninth Grünschnabel (Greenhorn) prize.
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International Puppets Festival, Lugano, Southern Switzerland
The International Puppets Festival (Lugano, Switzerland) will run this year for the 36th edition, from October 13th to November 4th. Application for children or family shows with no text, or very few, or in Italian can be sent till April 30th to the Direction of the Festival: festival@palco.ch http://www.palco.ch
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8th Aargau’s award of sponsorship for a young puppet theatre company
In 2018, at the 13th Figura Theaterfestival in Baden, Switzerland, the Cantonal Council of Aargau will award the «Grünschnabel» Prize. This is worth 10’000 Swiss Francs and will go to a young theatre company starting out on its professional career working in an original way with puppets, objects and figures. Participation in the «Greenhorn» competition is subject to the following conditions: • […]
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Death of Gustav Gysin
We are very affected to inform you about the death of Gustav Gysin, from UNIMA Switzerland, on August 28th, 2015. Gustav Gysin was tirelessly involved for the puppet theatre in Switzerland and to promote the Switch puppeteers at international level. Editor in Chief of the specialized review “Figura” for many years, he worked a lot […]
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