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Saturday, 7 February at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. at the ESNAM Theatre
A concert cobbled together in an art installation. For ages 3 and up.
Booking at the Charleville-Mézières Theatre.

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Don’t miss “Brexit baby,” a poetic and clownish fable, an absurd comedy performed by Phoebe Endfiled Lochore, an artist in partnership with Belgium’s Tof Theater.
Thursday, February 12, at Quai de la Maline and Bourbonade.

From 18 to 20th of February, come and make your own muppet with a movable mouth!
Using kraft paper, young participants will create animal, human, or completely imaginary faces.

Artist, post-doctoral student, research professor, Paulo Balardim (Brazil) will conduct bibliographic and videographic research at the Documentation Center of the Pôle, from February 2 to 20, 2026, as part of the preparation of his thesis ” Between projected shadows, moving screens and the artist of shadow theater, from kinetics to poetics “. The postdoctoral research […]

Saturday, 7 February 2026, 7:00 p.m. at the ESNAM Theatre.
The Pôle sees this collaboration as part of a shared commitment to sustainable development issues.

First Barionnette of the year 2026, come and see the show “La came isole” by Eve Bigontina, graduated from the 11th class of ESNAM. Free access

Aurélie Hubeau (France) will be in residence of research from 5 to 9 January, then from 23 to 27 March 2026 to document her teaching. She is interested in the tutelary figures and pedagogical heritage of puppetry at ESNAM. This residency project proposes artistic and documentary research on the matriarchal heritage of puppetry, through a […]

The Pôle is once again welcoming scribes in order to keep a record of the most remarkable courses and to fuel research into transmission. Anna Kruk (Poland), journalist and Master’s student in theatre studies in Warsaw, will be in residence from 12 to 30 January 2026 to document Neville Tranter’s work with ESNAM students (14th […]

Frédéric Maurin, President,
Pierre-Yves Charlois, Director,
and the entire team of the Pôle International de la Marionnette – Jacques Félix wish you a Wonderful year 2026