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Toast to World Puppetry Day at 6 p.m. (UTC+2)

WPD 2022 - 21/03/2022

NANATU Network of Finnish professionals on puppetry toasts World Puppetry Day on its online meeting on 21st March at 6 p.m. (UTC+2). The nationwide network for puppet theatre professionals, qualified in practice, was founded in 2019 starting with Gary Freedman’s workshop in Kuopio, Finland. For its members, using puppet and object expression in their work, […]

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ANIMATAZINE’s issue ONE – WATER

WPD 2022 - 18/03/2022

Let’s meet up on Monday 21 March at 6 p.m. Etnodramma, via Beato Pellegrino 37 – Padua Public presentation at the occasion of the release of ANIMATAZINE’s issue ONE, dedicated to water. ANIMATAZINE, the first Italian fanzine dedicated to animation theatre, paper and digital, totally independent, trilingual (Italian, French, English). More than 60 artists, researchers […]

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Documentary and debate

WPD 2022 - 17/03/2022

Often, in the mind of the general public, the puppet is still confined to the world of childhood with references limited to the guignol lyonnais or even the guignols de l’info … However, puppet shows are considered, today, as the most creative of live performances.With the help of excerpts from shows presented at the 2013 […]

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Unveiling of the AVIAMA “Initiative” award trophy

WPD 2022 - 17/03/2022

The City of Saguenay has been a member of the International Association of Puppet Friendly Cities (AVIAMA) since 2016. On the occasion of World Puppet Day, it will hold a press conference at 9:00 a.m. at the Centre culturel du Mont-Jacob. This will be the occasion to unveil a trophy designed by Mylène Leboeuf-Gagné in […]

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Pandora

WPD 2022 - 17/03/2022

The short form Pandora will be performed during the World Puppet Day. It will be performed at the TAMAT (Museum of Tapestry and Textile Arts) in Tournai as part of the puppet walk organized by the Centre de la Marionnette of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation and the Maison de la Marionnette of Tournai. In the framework […]

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Open House at the MeTT – Marionnettes en Transmission le Teil

WPD 2022 - 17/03/2022

The MeTT – Marionnettes en Transmission le Teil – and its associated artist the Cie Emilie Valantin invite you to discover the space and the creation workshops of the MeTT, as well as the permanent exhibition of the Cie E Valantin, “Le mur de marionnettes”, and to attend a public rehearsal of the show “Pas […]

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