Uses of puppetry in situations of trauma with: Coby Omvlee, Antje Wegener & Karim Dakhroub 12. October, 14:00 CET UNIMA Nordic will hold an online round table discussion at 14h (CET) on Saturday 12th October on the theme of ‘Uses of puppetry in situations of trauma’. The speakers are experienced and talented therapists, social workers, […]
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The Institut International de la Marionnette (IIM) is to join forces with the Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes to create, from January 2025, a reference centre for the puppetry arts. Research will continue to be a key element of its project. Through the programme of research residencies and documentary residencies proposed by its Documentation […]
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There has been growing interest in the use of puppets in hospital settings in recent years. If you are using puppets already in hospitals (as a puppeteer, therapist, doctor etc) anywhere in the world and would be interested in the development of an international network to support and share this work, please email Commission President Cariad […]
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What are the numbers that encode beauty, the encrypted grip that encloses, transforms, transmits, decodes but, somehow, fails to imprison or stifle the soul of this beauty? Not because of technology, but in spite of it, beauty, that spectre, that treasure, circulates unharmed in the new technologies. (Salman Rushdie, Furie, Part One, 2001) “Anyone today […]
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Presented by Professional Training Commission from the UNIMA, in partnership with The Centre for Humanities Research (CHR)/ University of the Western Cape (UWC) The Pro-Vocation series are international conferences on puppetry training, organized by UNIMA’s Professional Training Commission since 2015. In November 2024, the UNIMA Professional Training Commission, the Africa Commission, and the UNIMA SA, […]
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OPEN CALL FOR PUPPET AND THEATRE OBJECT WORK IN PROGRESS PROJECTS Pendientes de un Hilo festival offers a space for emerging creators to present their projects to international programmers The Pendientes de un Hilo festival is thrilled to present the 6th edition of the Plataforma de Lanzamiento, an exciting opportunity for emerging creators in puppetry […]
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