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Webinar: Applied Puppetry: Critical Thinking and Action for Peace

News, Notices - 30/01/2026

📅 22 April 2026 🕐 Time: 15:00 CET 🌐 Language: English The Applied Puppetry Commission announces the upcoming webinar Applied Puppetry: Critical Thinking and Action for Peace, an international online event dedicated to exploring puppetry as a pedagogical, artistic, and social tool in response to today’s global challenges. The webinar will be held in collaboration […]

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Call for Presentations: Webinar Series – Conserving – Archiving- Exhibiting Puppets

📢 Call for Presentations 🎭 Organized by: Heritage Commission 💻 Format: Online (Zoom) UNIMA International Heritage Commission cordially invites archivists, curators, museum practitioners, researchers, and other professionals to present in its webinar series focusing on the conservation, archiving, and exhibition of puppets. The series aims to provide a platform for sharing experience, expertise and diverse […]

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Online session: Audience development methods in the context of international puppet theatre festivals

📅 21 April 2026 🕐 Time: 14:30 CET 🌐 Language: English ⏱️ Duration: Approx. 120 minutes The UNIMA International Festivals Commission invites festival organizers, artistic directors, programmers, festival managers, and all other members of the international puppetry community to an open online session focusing on audience development and audience engagement at puppet theatre festivals. The […]

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Open Call to Puppet Festivals: Join UNIMA PASSPORT Program

📢 Open Call for Festivals 🎭 Organized by: UNIMA International Festival Commission The PASSPORT program invites festivals to support young UNIMA members—puppeteers and students—by giving them the opportunity to attend international events and gain practical experience in festival organization and programming. By participating, your festival can: Offer free accommodation and festival tickets to young artists […]

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Open Call: Puppet Museums & Collections – Heritage Commission Questionnaire

Questionnaire for the Directory of Puppet Museums and Puppet Collections 📢 Open Call for Museums & Collections 🎭 Organized by: UNIMA International Heritage Commission The UNIMA International Heritage Commission invites museums and collection holders to complete the Directory of Puppet Museums and Puppet Collections questionnaire which aims to collect information on puppet museums and diverse […]

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UNIMA South-East Europe Regional Meeting – Plovdiv 2026

19–22 February 2026 Location: Plovdiv, Bulgaria Language: English UNIMA International, in partnership with the State Puppet Theatre – Plovdiv and AKT-UNIMA Bulgaria, is pleased to announce the UNIMA South-East Europe Regional Meeting. The meeting is part of the project “Together Again” (BG-RRP-11.021-0003) within the Europe and Beyond programme of the Municipality of Plovdiv and is […]

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