ANTAMAPANTAHOU MARIONETTE THEATRE, Greece THE STRINGS OF MUSIC
The play is a funny world music concert performed by humans and marionettes along. It consists of a series of sketches, performed by 11 marionettes and two marionette players/actors. The latter act as characters of both a puppet theatre performance and a mime performance. The music ensemble has been formed by the following musicians: a […]
THEATRE MESCHUGGE, France EH BIEN, DANSEZ MAINTENANT
„Well, dance now” – said the ant to the cicada, which was suffering, and begged the ant for a couple of crumbs. Then the little cicada began to dance. Maybe with that dance, it was going to soften the ant’s heart?The cicada started dancing. It danced for its life. It danced with death. It danced […]
UNIA TEATR NIEMOŻLIWY, Poland ROBOT
In the future robots coexisted with human beings. The world moved on and the robots did their job helping people. Until they began to think for themselves. The government was not happy with this and ordered it to lock up and destroy all the robots on the planet. And so the robots were almost extinct. […]
LATVIA PUPPET THEATRE ME – BENJAMIN BUTTON
F.S. Fitzgerald’s literary work “The Incredible Story of Benjamin Button” is fascinating and fascinating not only because of its extraordinary idea, but also because it addresses two important themes that have affected people of all ages: the relentless flow of time and the desire to suit the accepted norms of society. Along with the main […]
‘’GEORGI MITEV – ZHORO” STATE PUPPET THEATRE – YAMBOL, Bulgaria PIPPI LONGSTOCKING
Sit comfortably in your seats, because a red-haired girl with freckles on her face and nose like a potato comes to you with a bang and crash. Yes, this is her – Pippilotta Victualia Transparent Peppermint Efraim’s Daughter Longstocking, but you can just call her Pippi. Together with her friends Tommy and Annika and her […]
RAUXA, Spain PAPER THEATRE
Paper Theater is a contemporary circus show that through the manipulation of objects, the clown, physical theatre and a baggage of extraordinary puppets seeks to vindicate the power of the Imagination. Paper theatre is a person in his solitude, it is a party without courtship, a monodialogue where the imagination lightens the weight of loneliness […]
PUPPET ART, Bulgaria SPAS, THE TIGER-CUB
A tale for kids – big and small Jokes, wisdom – it has it all Two clowns with their rhymes and tunes Will take you to a forest made of balloons Spas in his ventures Will get into adventures New friends he will meet Friends – funny and sweet Spas will become wise […]
CENTRE DA TITELLES DE LLEIDA, Spain HATHI
A big elephant walks firm and majestic in the city. He walks with a guide and carer person and goes around the world encouraging respect for the animals and nature. In its country of origin, India, the elephant is a much-respected animal and for many people it is sacred. An itinerant show that wants to […]
STATE PUPPET THEATRE – PLOVDIV, Bulgaria DUNNO IN THE SUN CITY
“Dunno in the Sunny city” is a story about a child’s strong effort to be good, but only because he wants to get his prize. And not an ordinary one – he wants a magic wand! When his wish comes true he begins an adventure with great consequences that he is not ready for. Without […]
SOFIA PUPPET THEATRE, Bulgaria THUMBELINA PREMIERE
The little and ethereal Thumbelina comes to life on stage with the magical brush of the extraordinary painters! They draw faerie paintings and bring to life each line. All the puppets and characters are being created in front of you. Take a look at this unusual interpretation of the classical fairytale, that is favourite to […]
STATE PUPPET THEATRE – STARA ZAGORA, Bulgaria TO PUT IT MILDLY
Little Svetlio, in his desire to complete his collection of Indians, lies that he did not receive the letter with his grandmother’s money. In his restless sleep, he realises that the ruthless and bad man has no right to mercy and condescension, that without doing good yourself, you cannot expect good from others.
MAREK WASZKIEL, Poland THE ALEKSANDER ZELWEROWICZ NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ART IN WARSAW THE NEW PUPPET Lecture
The Polish professor Marek Waszkiel is going to present the new division of the history of puppetry into 3 periods: the old puppet, the old new puppet and the new puppet, focusing on the innovations and the modern in the sphere. During the second part of the lecture, he is going to analyse parts of […]
LA FILLE DU LAITIER, Canada MACBETH MUET
A soldier loyal to his country encounters three witches on the battlefield that tell him he will be king. Now, Macbeth and his partner in crime, lady Macbeth, are on a bloody path of ambition, power, and betrayal. Macbeth Muet completely deconstructs this Shakespeare Tragedy into a fast paced, visceral theatre experience, using the body, […]
FIGURENTHEATRE WILDE & VOGEL, Germany MICRO
Immerse yourself for 5 minutes in the amazing world of insects, follow the dynamics of the fly or become one with the pace of snails, made visible and alive for you with the means of puppet theatre! Let yourself be carried away into vast musical spaces, listen to sounds and melodies and the wonderfully strange […]
LES NOUVEAUX BALLETS DU NORD-PAS DE CALAIS, France SCOOOOTCH!
SCOOOOTCH! is a performance for young audiences at the crossroads of the movement, of sound and a material: tape. In relation with the space, three animators of matter play with the possibilities between the tape, the space and their people. This scotch which exceeds them takes them towards multiple mutations, in the joy of the […]
THEATRE ATELIER 313, Bulgaria LITTLE ONION
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being […]
PUPPET ART, Bulgaria SPAS, THE TIGER-CUB
A tale for kids – big and small Jokes, wisdom – it has it all Two clowns with their rhymes and tunes Will take you to a forest made of balloons Spas in his ventures Will get into adventures New friends he will meet Friends – funny and sweet Spas will become wise […]
LA FAMILLE GOLDINI, France MARVELOUS MAMBO and OLE! MARVELOUS MAMBO
MARVELOUS MAMBO With Priscilla Muré and Huges Amsler Him, 63 kilos, 1.67 m, shoe size 41. Her, 63 kilos, 1.78 m on high heels, shoe size not communicated. Together they perform 1 and a half tons of acrobatic lifts in 13 minutes (that is to say, 150 kilos per minute, or 3 kilos per […]
LES NOUVEAUX BALLETS DU NORD-PAS DE CALAIS, France DADAAA – duo version
Dada has neither a tail, nor a head. Dada glues, sticks and mixes… Dada is making jokes. And who is the perfect fit for Dada if not the kids? A puppeteer dancer and a contratenor singer take us into an imaginary world, a plastic universe in Dada’s style. Breaking the strict rules and the ideological […]
MALLE-MALLE PUPPET THEATRE, Bulgaria A BANDIT’S TALE
“A Bandit’s Tale” is a puppet play suitable for children above the age of 5. An adaptation of the fairytale of the Czech writer Karel Čapek. With hand puppets, lots of humour and caricature characters, we go back in time, watching a story about a bandit and the uncomfortable situation that the main character falls […]
PUPPET THEATRE NATFA “KR. SARAFOV”, Bulgaria THE LOVE OF DON PERLIMPLÍN
The play “The Love of Don Perlimplín” was written in 1933 by Federico García Lorca. The dramaturgy is powerful because nowadays it is still up to date. The team that made a puppetry performance of Lorca’s work shows the great amount of possibilities that puppet theatre has. It impresses the audience with its lovely music, […]
ZERO EN CONDUCTA, Spain THE MECHANICS OF THE SOUL
Nolan is a puppet, therefore his life has no meaning without his puppeteers, but it is when they make him live that he wonders: Where is my will? Are my emotions real? How could I breathe on my own? The mechanics of the soul, Eh man hé is a show of physical theatre, dance, mime […]
COMPAGNIA OMPHALOZ, Italy CLOWN CABARET
Clown Cabaret is a theatre-circus and clown mime show. An imaginative street cabaret where two characters in between clown and silent-film acting perform acrobatics, juggling and pantomime. The plot is their relationship, the relationship of a couple of art, a couple of clowns, a couple of hearts. From the difficulties of understanding each other to […]
MIR THEATRE, Czech Republic μSPUTNIK
An auteur-style production about the adventure experienced in space by Sputnik, planet Earth’s first artificial satellite. It is also the first production in the new miniature theatre space μMikro – a transportable theatre scene for one spectator and two actors. The spectator looks through a peephole 4.4 by 7 cm at a performance that, using […]
FIRE THEATRE MIME COMPANY, Bulgaria AWAKENING
The path of the Soul is hard and unexpected. Aspired toward Light and its Freedom it goes a long way. Challenges, dangers, fears… Illusions, imagination, a hypnotic dream. All the things that the Soul needs to be set free from in order to begin its Awakening. Then it will look for soulmates and other Souls. […]
STATE PUPPET THEATRE – GABROVO, Bulgaria LAMIATA FROM VOYTESHKA STREET
The performance is based on the grounds of “A big police tale” by Carel Chapek. The characters are made up of six actors, a wizard and a single puppet – Lamiata . The intense live presence of the actors, the interesting characters and their inherent plasticity introduce us together with the beautiful scenography and the […]
COMPAGNIE LES CONTES D’ASPHALDT, Belgium OCTAAPH
.. New! …. A bird skeleton learns to fly again… Stef Vetters and Anne Vanharen have developed their own, inimitable style of mobile puppet theatre. Almost lifesize wooden figures are pulled through the streets on movable stages and occasionally come to life briefly for the show.
STATE PUPPET THEATRE SLIVEN, Bulgaria THE SWINEHERD
Andersen reminds us that the most precious thing in the human is the natural behavior and nobility of the mind and soul. That’s why no spoiled proud and prejudiced egoist and snob, like the princess, the king and the court ladies, is worthy of respect. The show will present comically and caricaturically the clash of […]
BLAGOEVGRAD MUNICIPAL PUPPET THEATRE, Bulgaria THE SNOW QUEEN
The play is solved as a theatrical play – a duel between Good and Evil. The devil and the angel are fighting for influence over the human soul. The stakes in this fabulous theatrical duel are the souls of Kai and Gerda. At first glance, the Devil prevails because the pieces of the broken devil’s […]
LA TORTUE NOIRE, Canada THE GREAT WORK
An alchemist conducts mysterious experiments from the depths of a medieval laboratory. From his magical hands, objects transform before our very eyes, his thoughts come to life and a mystifying universe is portrayed above his head. The alchemist’s cranium transforms into a bearer of visions focused on the creation of a new world, symbolising the […]
COMPAGNIE LES CONTES D’ASPHALDT, Belgium OTTFRIEDT
With Stef Vetters and Anne Vanharen The last of the dragon keepers are out and about with a most vivacious and fire-spitting dragon skeleton! In the Unknown World of his Lordship Ottfriedt, a dragon keeper clinging to tradition shows his curious young dragon today’s unknown world.
STATE PUPPET THEATRE – RUSE, Bulgaria THE DOG THAT …
How many teachers are needed to teach a little puppy to bark? And who is the best teacher for a puppy? The rooster, the cuckoo or the man? Should you be able to bark if you are a dog? And many more questions that a small and inexperienced puppy seeks answers while finding himself. Such […]
SOFIA PUPPET THEATRE, Bulgaria THE ADVENTURES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE PREMIERE
This time I decided to choose the familiar character of Doctor Dolittle who is a favourite of many generations. It is not by chance that has a series of performances, musicals, films, comics dedicated to him. The Doctor’s action and behaviour teach children kindness, nobility, warmth and compassion. In our show Doctor Dolittle not only […]
THREE ARE TOO MANY, TWO – NOT ENOUGH NPO , Bulgaria STATE PUPPET THEATRE – PLOVDIV, Bulgaria
Every family, even if they live a happy life, decides to go for a walk The close-knit family – they go out together From time to time however the family might have a fight The family has an opinion on everything It doesn’t matter that in the family everybody’s different The main street in the […]
MARIBOR PUPPET THEATRE, Republic of Slovenia – PINOCCHIO
Mistakes aren’t necessarily something bad; they are often the only way to teach us how to better understand and change our lives. Centuries ago there lived …”A king!” my little readers will say immediately. No, children, you are mistaken. Once upon a time there was a piece of wood.” That’s how Collodi’s novel begins. And […]
MIRROR FAMILY, Slovakia BLUE BROTHERS
Very special edition of Mirror Family in Blue Color combined with silver, gold and bronze mirrors. Three brothers – symbol of family and its strength with very special accessories and unique lanterns light in the dark…
