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Workshop on glove puppetry
Join an amateur workshop for adults led by Philippe Saumont, puppeteer specializing in traditional Neapolitan glove puppetry!
Saturday 30th May from 2 to 5pm
Espace Lebon (Place de l’Église Saint-Rémi)
30€
An international and interdisciplinary encounter, between Charleville-Mézières and Stuttgart
For two weeks, the students of the Department of Puppetry of the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst (HMDK) in Stuttgart and those of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette – Margareta Niculescu (ESNAM) meet in Charleville-Mézières then in Stuttgart, for an exceptional Master Class, with the Belgian artists Agnès Limbos (Cie […]
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.
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
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 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.