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Puppetry Night

WPD 2022 - 10/03/2022

Exhibition of fragments of puppet and object theatre pieces for adult audiences with the participation of the companies Periplo Marionetas, Andrea Díaz Reboredo, Vidas de Alambre and La Tartana Teatro. A day of puppets, theatre of objects, live music and projections whose entrance includes a drink. Come and toast to the puppets and celebrate the […]

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Emergency Aid for Ukraine

Cooperation - 7/03/2022

A new crisis has emerged in Ukraine, and UNIMA has received many queries in the past week. Our Commissions have assembled for extraordinary meetings to decide on a united response to this alarming tragedy and the assistance we can provide its victims. UNIMA continues to provide aid for puppeteers and UNIMA members afflicted by economic […]

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Green Ginger presents MICRO-VOX

WPD 2022 - 7/03/2022

Meet us on Sunday March 20, 2022 at 3pm for the screening of a documentary film made with asylum seekers and animated by puppets. Find here all the contents about the Green Ginger.

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Questionnaires on heritage forms of puppetry and on puppet museums

Tolosa, the 14th April 2022 Dear friends of the National Centers, International Councillors, Representatives, members of the UNIMA: From the Heritage, Museums and Documentation Centers Commission, we have set ourselves the main objective of protecting and disseminating the important puppet heritage that our community has throughout the world.  The first thing we have to do […]

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Iloiset aapiskuvat

WPD 2022 - 4/03/2022

Iloiset aapiskuvat (Happy Pictures of the Alphabet) is a mixture of acrobatics, dance, physical theater, charming music and award-winning pictures of Aleksander Lindeberg from the book Iloiset aapiskuvat. During the performance, the audience gets to know the magic of letters and writing through dance, movement and music. Based on the book by Aleksander Lindeberg. Directed […]

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Puppet show, Workshops, Leaflet

WPD 2022 - 4/03/2022

Exhibition of puppets by Zygmunt Smandzik from the play “The Adventures of the Highwayman Rumcajs” from 1975 (TL “Pinokio”, Lodz). These are puppets dressed in colorful costumes of folk and bourgeois provenance, while the puppets of Prince Pan and Princess Lady indicate Baroque origins. The artist has designed over 360 sets for puppet theater in […]

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Of the shadow and the light

WPD 2022 - 4/03/2022

Workshops around shadow puppets, light play, the making and realization of theaters. The world of the sea and the oceans is the main theme.We make double effect by continuing on creations and installations at the time of the Great Washing on 03 24 on the topic “Ombre portée”.Children from kindergarten and primary school.

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IN THE WALL!

WPD 2022 - 4/03/2022

The exhibition presents a “family photo”: twenty or so “boxes”, of identical dimensions, created by the artists and containing puppets, objects, images, all evocative of their artistic universe. The Famo has entrusted the conception and realization of the exhibition to the scenographer Claire Saint Blancat.

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The “THEATR’AVANE

WPD 2022 - 4/03/2022

The 20th of march 2022, our ” THEATR’AVANE ” will welcome about ten spectators in its small room for a 10 minutes show, 3 times per hour.An impromptu show telling the fabulous story of the life of the witch with green teeth.

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Stop the war in Ukraine!

We, the members of the UNIMA Board, are deeply shocked and concerned at the current situation in Ukraine.  UNIMA, with its NGO status, promotes the noblest human values such as peace and mutual understanding between people regardless of origin, political or religious convictions and differences in culture, in accordance with the respect for fundamental human […]

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