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Before FMTM 2027, make way for Temps d’M!
From September 16 to 20, 2026, the Pôle International de la Marionnette – Jacques Félix (PIM) is organizing “Temps d’M.” With 23 puppet theater productions—totaling 65 performances—in theaters and public spaces, 4 puppet-making workshops, 4 professional networking events, artistic workshops, and social gatherings open to all audiences, Charleville-Mézières and the Ardennes will come alive for 5 days!
Barionnette on May 29, 30 and 31
“Polichinelle’s Happy Journey”
Polichinelle, an iconic figure of Neapolitan folk theater, comes to life under the expert hand of Philippe Saumont, one of the few French puppeteers trained in Naples. Despite limited mobility, he returns with a funny, clownish show in which Polichinelle defies everything—even death—to make young and old alike laugh out loud.
Fri., May 29 at 7 p.m. – Auberge de Bois en Val
Sat., May 30 at 7 p.m. – Les Cols de la Marine (Montcy-Notre-Dame)
Sun., May 31 at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. – Square Bayard
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€
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.
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 […]
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.