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The curtain falls on the 23rd edition of the World Puppet Theater Festival in Charleville-Mézières. A huge thank you to the artists who came from all over the world, the technicians, volunteers, partners, and festival-goers! Thanks to you, the Festival resonated in every street, every theater, and every gaze. See you from 17 to 26 […]

Yanna Kor is in residence to finalise her book on travelling puppet theatres in France between 1850 and 1950.

As an Arts student, you are vibrating for the puppet.You are interested in the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette (ESNAM) and would like to know how to join this exceptional ERASMUS+ programme? Register for the online information meetingwhich will take place on Tuesday 14 October 2025 from 12.30 to 1.30 pmand talk […]

Free and convenient, it includes all FMTM shows, OFF street performances and OFF indoor performances. Available now on the App Store and Google Play.

The first edition of the “Auteurs en tandem Marionnette & Théâtre” scheme selected two pairs: Guillaume Lecamus & Aurianne Abecassis and Mathilde Peinetti & Clément Piednoel Duval.

The 2nd year at ESNAM focuses on developing skills, opening up disciplines and international exchanges.

Launch of the project “Relations between the transmission of fundamental techniques and initiation to creation in higher education in the puppetry arts” as part of the Ministry of Culture’s Research and Development in Higher Education Schools for the Performing Arts (REVES) programme.

As a foretaste of the Festival, from September 11 to 13, throughout the Ardennes: Les Barionnettes de la Voie Verte. Three teams of puppeteers will travel the Voie Verte by bike and perform their show in bars, the week before the launch of the World Festival of Puppet Theaters.

“Youth at Play: encouraging young people to get involved in festivals” is the theme of the next PRÉAC marionnette (from 24 to 26 Sept.)

A performance by Plexus Polaire has been added to the program, and additional tickets are available for performances by Ombres Portées, Yaël Rasooly and Maahee Theatre Group.