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Temps d’M: book your tickets now!
Check out the program and reserve your tickets now!
Temps d’M is a puppetry event held one year before the World Puppet Theater Festival, from September 16 to 20, 2026, which showcases artistic experimentation, research, and emerging talent.
Temps d’M features 23 shows for all ages, held in theaters and public spaces, as well as in bars and media libraries, along with workshops, participatory performances, roundtable discussions, and meet-and-greets.
The 14th class is back-to-school!
ESNAM students are embarking on their third and final year of study. This final year will enable them to draw on everything they have learnt throughout their course through two projects scheduled for the second semester. A third year dedicated to research and creation.
Gwenaëlle Guillebot de Nerville in Graduate residency from 6 to 10 July 2026
This week, the Pôle is hosting Spatule company as part of a Graduate residency, an initiative aimed at recent ESNAM graduates.A one-week residency at the Théâtre de l’ESNAM, to support the creation of the show ‘Une histoire rigolote de la culotte (menstruelle)’, performed by Gwenaëlle Guillebot de Nerville from the 13th class. Gwenaëlle Guillebot de […]
Research residency in July on the “Potehi in motion”
This research residency brings together puppeteer and researcher Hsu Chia-fen (Taiwan) and master puppeteer Yeung Faï (France/Hong Kong), from 6 to 17 July, to explore Potehi as a living system of transmission, pedagogy and artistic creation.
Mask making workshop
Come create a one-of-a-kind mask in just a few hours!
Horns, mandibles, pincers, and antennae will all be part of this insect-themed workshop.
Each child will go home with their own mask.
July 7–9, 2026
€25 per child for 3 half-days
The FMTM 25 in pictures
87 companies (46 French, 41 international), 23 countries, 438 performances, 8 world premieres, 18 French premieres, 11 FMTM co-productions, 43% of newcomers… Discover the 23rd edition of the Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes.