📅 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 main topics will include audience definition, community engagement, methods of audience development, festivals and tourism, and other related issues, with an emphasis on the diversity of situations across different regions of the world.

🎤 Moderator: Blair Thomas, Director of the Chicago International Puppet Theater

📝 Registration: Link will be published on the UNIMA International website from 1 April 2026