UNIMA International would like to especially celebrate all women puppeteers on International Women’s Day 2025! We are proud of the achievements of our women members and all puppetresses throughout the world who work so hard to create high quality, meaningful and boundary-breaking art. Women’s work is often, even today, hidden behind the image of men […]
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March 4, 2025 Dear UNIMA members, On February 14, the UNIMA Executive Committee (EC) agreed that an independent review committee should be set up to examine serious allegations against the General Secretary. This would also provide the General Secretary with the opportunity to respond. These allegations include repeated unacceptable behaviour towards staff and some of […]
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The book “Teatro de Bonecos Popular Potiguar”, by André Carrico, a professor and researcher at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, UFRN, has just been released in Brazil by publisher Escribas. It is the result of eight years’ research that maps and analyzes the tradition and innovation of this genre among the Brasil’s […]
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CALL FOR PAPERS Theatralia: Journal of Theatre Studies, 2026/1, Issue topic: Puppetry with(out) Classics Issue Editors: Kateřina Dolenská (DAMU, Prague, Czech Republic, Editor-in-chief of Loutkář [Puppeteer]) and Gabriella Reuss (PPCU Budapest, Hungary, and KU Ružomberok, Slovakia) Puppetry is an art form, both materially defined and conceptually abstract, that offers a rich medium for […]
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All-Ukrainian online festival “Premieres of a season” Dear puppeteers, dear colleagues and friends! UNIMA-UKRAINE welcomes you and invites all the connoisseurs of puppetry art to join the online events offered by our centre. Since 2011, UNIMA-UKRAINE has hosted the All-Ukrainian online festival “Premieres of a season”, within the framework of which all puppet theaters of […]
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PRESS RELEASE FROM THE 3 UNIMA CONSORTIUM (UNIMA Italy, THEMAA/UNIMA France, UNIMA Federación España) Presentation of the Project: Eco-Sustainability in Puppet Theatre Creation In 2025, the 3 UNIMA Consortium—comprising UNIMA Italy, THEMAA/UNIMA France, and UNIMA Federación España—launches the project Eco-Sustainability in Puppet Theatre Creation. The initiative aims to develop an ecological approach to the […]
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CALL FOR PASSPORTS Dear Festival Directors, The INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS COMMISSION is calling for new PASSPORTS for 2025 and 2026. The PASSPORT program aims to help young UNIMA puppeteers or puppetry students, both UNIMA and non-UNIMA members, to attend puppet festivals and increase their knowledge of the organization and programming of an international event. The success of […]
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS OF PUPPET AND CHILDREN’S PERFORMANCES FOR THE 30TH REVIEW OF THE PUPPET THEATRES IN RIJEKA, CROATIA Rijeka City Puppet Theatre, Croatia is delighted to announce that the jubilee 30th Review of Puppet Theatres will be held from November 3rd to 11th, 2025, in Rijeka, Croatia. This festival aims to showcase exceptional puppet […]
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BUY AN ADVERTISING SPACE IN THE UNIMA MAGAZINE! Edited by UNIMA thanks to an international editorial committee, magazine features 42 articles from National Centres and magazines from Africa, America, Asia and Europe and will have more than 150 pages per language. UNIMAgazine will be freely accessible on the UNIMA website and available for purchase in […]
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In 2025, we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, a fundamental text that serves as a key tool for our sector. Ratified by UNIMA, this convention supports the recognition and promotion of puppetry arts worldwide by fostering cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue, and […]
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