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UNIMA at FMTM 2025 – Report

News, Notices - 28/10/2025

UNIMA at FMTM 2025 – Happy Apero! UNIMA’s international aperitifs In the Garden of Inspiration – Charleville-Mézières, France 21–26 September 2025 This year, UNIMA’s presence at the Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes (FMTM) in Charleville-Mézières started within the Garden of Inspiration — the poetic home once belonging to Arthur Rimbaud, where the legendary poet […]

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UNIMANORDIC PUPPET SATURDAY 25.10.2025 at 14.00 CET

UNIMANORDIC PUPPET SATURDAY 25.10.2025 at 14.00 CET Ukrainian puppet Theatre in times of war  “Live a normal life in non-normal conditions”. This is a quote from the play “The Nuclear Mermaid”, created during the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine by the Lviv Academic Regional Puppet Theatre (a play about waiting for a nuclear attack). Ukrainian […]

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Artists of Hope: Supporting Gaza’s Puppeteers

News, Notices - 14/10/2025

In Gaza, a small group of puppeteers continues to create art among the ruins, keeping alive the hope and memory of their people. Today, these artists and their families urgently need our support to survive. The cost of living in Gaza has become unbearable: feeding a family of five now costs around USD 50 per […]

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5th COLLOQUIUM ON PUPPET THERAPY WITHOUT BORDERS: “PUPPETS, NEURODIVERSITY, AND CAREGIVERS”

News, Notices - 1/10/2025

5th COLLOQUIUM ON PUPPET THERAPY WITHOUT BORDERS: “PUPPETS, NEURODIVERSITY, AND CAREGIVERS” “A Different Way of Perceiving the World” Saturday, November 15 – Monday, November 17, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mexico City time. It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm that we present the 5th Virtual Colloquium—marking the fifth anniversary of our collective […]

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ERASMUS exchange at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette (ESNAM in Charleville-Mézières)

News, Notices - 24/09/2025

Applications for an ERASMUS exchange at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette (ESNAM in Charleville-Mézières, France) for the spring semester are open. ESNAM is a unique school in France dedicated to puppetry and the curriculum covers fundamental theatrical training such as acting, voice and body/movement as well as the manipulation and construction […]

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