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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 Pôle International de la Marionnette – Jacques Félix is joining UNIMA, the event coordinator, and cultural actors in Charleville-Mézières to celebrate World Puppetry Day.
A 2026 edition in the colours of Mali.

The Pôle International de la Marionnette and the TCM are joining forces to organize a puppet-themed aperitif based on the show Subjectif Lune.
Three short puppet shows will be performed by students from the 14th graduating class of ESNAM.

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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.

A glimpse into the “muppets” workshop led by the incomparable Neville Tranter with students from the 14th class of ESNAM (January 2026). Photos ©Hervé Dapremont

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.

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.