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The Director of the Festival of Charleville honoured

Secretary General - 28/09/2016

Surrounded by President Jean-Luc FÉLIX, her team, volunteers from the festival and many elected officials and representatives of the City and the Department of Ardennes, as well by puppeteer friends and professionals, Anne-Françoise CABANIS, director of the Festival Mondial de Marionettes (World Puppetry Festival) of Charleville-Mézières, was decorated on Sunday September 25th by Philippe VAILLANT […]

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Death of Prof. Nikolina Georgieva

Secretary General - 28/06/2016

It’s with deep sadness that we are announcing the death of Prof. Nikolina Georgieva, on June 27th, 2016. Director and pedagogue, she was one of the most outstanding directors in Bulgarian puppetry, being director in the Central Puppet Theater. In 1962, she has established the “Puppetry department” at the Higher Institute for Theatre and Film […]

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Happy World Puppetry Day 2016

Secretary General - 14/03/2016

Dear friends around the world, In the name of all the members of the UNIMA Executive Committee, It’s with enthousiasm and a lot of joie that we wish you a very good World Puppetry Day 2016 ! In January 2th 2016, Professor Henryk Jurkowski passed away. This incredible personality, a scholar, researcher, theatre critic, author […]

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