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Silhouette and Linocut Workshop
Sign your child up for a workshop to create 2D movable-part cutouts and introduce them to linocut printing. They’ll learn how to make prints and go home with their very own stamps!
Wednesday, April 15 through Friday, April 17, 2026
9:30 AM to 12:00 PM for ages 7 to 9
2:00 PM to 4:30 PM for ages 10 and up
International professional training course from 7 to 11 September 2026
“Mastery and finesse of the movement – Towards hand virtuosity .”
Training course conducted by Yeung Faï, a master of Chinese glove puppetry, assisted by Yoann Pencolé, puppeteer, artistic director, director of the Théâtre à la Coque.
Registration deadline: 31 May.
Barionnette on April, 10th
Carte blanche to the students from ESNAM and from the Puppetry Department of the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst (HMDK) in Stuttgart (Germany).
Friday, April 10, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
at ESNAM, 16 Jean Jaurès Ave.
30 minutes
Ages 10 and up
Free admission
The call for applications for the 2026/2027 residencies is now open!
The Pôle offers 4 residency programmes: Creation residencies, Graduate residencies, residencies in Nurseries and Research residencies, as well as a programme to support employment of young graduates.
The call for applications for the 2026/2027 residencies is open from 9 March to 3 May 2026.
Festival 2027: new programming methods
The Pôle International de la Marionnette – Jacques Félix is changing the way it operates for the programming of the World Puppetry Festival in September 2027.
If you are an artist or company and would like to bring your work to our attention, we invite you to read the new programming guidelines.
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.