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A GREAT CHANCE TO ATTEND GREAT FESTIVALS!

Agenda, Commissions - 10/03/2022

PASSPORTS are available for these upcoming festivals : ·  PUPPENPARADE ORTENAU / Germany | March 19 – April 10, 2022 [2 passports x 5 days] ·  SAPERLIPUPPET | France | 6-10 April 2022 | [1 passport x 5 days] ·  FIDENA – Figurentheater der Nationen | Germany |May 7 – 18, 2022 [1 passport x 5 days] ·  Festival Internazionale dei Burattini […]

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Nocturne at the Museum of Puppetry

WPD 2022 - 10/03/2022

Two evening visits will be proposed (8pm and 9pm) to discover the new exhibition of the Museum: “Le Monde de Guignols”. This one tells the story of Guignol (its origins, its role, the place of the children…) as well as the story of other “Guignols”, that the events of the XIXth century made appear, in […]

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World Puppetry Day by UNIMA Catalunya

WPD 2022 - 10/03/2022

Meeting of puppeteers on Sunday, March 20, 2022 in the heart of the street Allada Vermell (Barcelona). PROGRAM :11:00 – Puppet workshops12:30 – Shows Lambe-Lambe Theater13:00 – Reading of the WPD manifesto13:15 – Puppet shows13:45 – Puppet Vermouth14:30 – End of the party.

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1st International Congress of Puppetry and Mediation by UNIMA Peru

WPD 2022 - 10/03/2022

A space for meeting, reflection, exchange and dissemination for puppeteers, mediators and all puppet lovers. In the framework of the international celebrations for the World Puppetry Day 2022, the Peruvian Center of the International Union of Puppetry, is pleased to announce its 1st. INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PUPPETRY AND MEDIATION UNIMA PERU, to be held virtually […]

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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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