UNIMA INTERNATIONAL Preparing for World Puppetry Day 2026: March 21st World Puppetry Day · 21 March 2026 · Worldwide 21 March 2026 is just around the corner — and UNIMA International is getting ready to make it a truly special day. Every year on 21 March, puppeteers, companies, schools, and audiences across the world come […]
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UNIMA-USA PUPPETRY INTERNATIONAL Call for Contributions: Issue 60 — “Flashback to 1966” Call for Proposals · Open to practitioners, scholars, writers & researchers worldwide Puppetry International, the English-language journal of UNIMA-USA, is pleased to announce a call for contributions for its upcoming issue 60, themed “Flashback to 1966”. This special issue invites perspectives on puppetry […]
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It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of one of the most prominent figures in Bulgarian puppet theatre – Professor Maya Petrova. Throughout her long creative career, she designed the stage sets for over 200 performances. She was the founder of the “Puppet Theatre Scenography” specialty at the Theatre Academy in Sofia, […]
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With great sadness in our hearts, we announce the passing of Cristian Pepino. An interdisciplinary artist, professor, puppet theater director, researcher, playwright, and much more, he served as President of UNIMA Romania during the 1990s, after the re-establishment of the National Center. The importance of Professor Cristian Pepino to Romania’s contemporary puppetry scene cannot be […]
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UNIMA-GEORGIA 1st Georgian Puppet Theatre Showcase June 5–7, 2026 · Tbilisi, Georgia UNIMA Georgia invites puppet and experimental theatre festivals, programmers, producers and all puppetry professionals who are open for partnership, co-productions, exchange and networking to the 1st Georgian Puppet Theatre Showcase, taking place 5–7 June 2026 in Tbilisi, Georgia. 📌 SAVE THE DATES: 5–7 […]
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UNIMA-UKRAINE “Premieres of a Season 2024–2025”: Online Festival of Ukrainian Puppetry January 24 – March 15, 2026 · Every Saturday & Sunday at 16:00 EET · Online UNIMA-UKRAINE welcomes you and invites all connoisseurs of puppetry art to join the online events offered by their centre. Since 2011, UNIMA-UKRAINE has hosted the All-Ukrainian online festival […]
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UNIMA News UNESCO Launches Fourth Edition of Re|Shaping Policies for Creativity Report 18 February 2026 · UNESCO Headquarters, Paris UNESCO will present the fourth edition of its landmark Re|Shaping Policies for Creativity report on 18 February 2026 at its Paris headquarters, marking the 20th anniversary of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of […]
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📅 22 April 2026 🕐 Time: 15:00 CET 🌐 Language: English The Applied Puppetry Commission announces the upcoming webinar Applied Puppetry: Critical Thinking and Action for Peace, an international online event dedicated to exploring puppetry as a pedagogical, artistic, and social tool in response to today’s global challenges. The webinar will be held in collaboration […]
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📢 Call for Presentations 🎭 Organized by: Heritage Commission 💻 Format: Online (Zoom) UNIMA International Heritage Commission cordially invites archivists, curators, museum practitioners, researchers, and other professionals to present in its webinar series focusing on the conservation, archiving, and exhibition of puppets. The series aims to provide a platform for sharing experience, expertise and diverse […]
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📅 21 April 2026 🕐 Time: 14:30 CET 🌐 Language: English ⏱️ Duration: Approx. 120 minutes The UNIMA International Festivals Commission invites festival organizers, artistic directors, programmers, festival managers, and all other members of the international puppetry community to an open online session focusing on audience development and audience engagement at puppet theatre festivals. The […]
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