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FLUM & UNIMA PC – MOSTAR 2024

Celebrating International Peace Day – 21st September 2024 There are no words to describe the events that took place this year in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This beautiful city, with a history spanning from the Ottoman era, preserves architectural marvels and puppetry traditions protected by UNESCO, the Old Bridge of Mostar (World Heritage List) and […]

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Create Online Puppetry Summer School (Wales/Pakistan)

Pakistan, United Kingdom - 25/07/2023

The Create Online Puppetry Summer School in puppetry skills is supported by The British Council Wales and Pakistan under the Go Digital initiative and provided by CREATE Puppetry Festival organisers PuppetSoup (Wales) and Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop (Pakistan) This online accessible training in puppetry encourages learners to make their own short form piece of puppetry […]

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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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