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This month, the Pôle’s Documentation Centre welcomes two PhD students in residence: Alice Jäger (France) and Charles Nomwendé Tiendrebéogo (Burkina Faso).

The next PRÉAC marionnette will be held from September 24 to 26, 2025, during the Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes, in Charleville-Mézières.
Please notify your interest!

The ESNAM can receive the French apprenticeship tax, known as the “taxe d’apprentissage”. This tax is paid by French companies.

This scheme invites an author who has been awarded the Aide nationale à la création de textes dramatiques and a puppet artist to meet, share their imaginations and work together on a cross-disciplinary writing project.
Applications until 16 June!

Launched in 2022, the Barionnettes are an opportunity to discover puppetry throughout the year in Charleville-Mézières. A regular event during which puppeteers perform in the city’s bars.
Next event Friday June, 20

The Pôle offers 4 residency progammes: Creation residencies, Graduate residencies, residencies in Nurseries and Research residencies.
The call for applications is open from 14 April to 25 May 2025.

You’ve been waiting for it, here it is!
With the 2025 World Puppet Theatre Festival only 6 months away, we’re delighted to unveil the official poster for this new edition!

During his residency, Weinstock hopes to learn about Yves Joly’s lifelong quest for simplicity, the evolution of his “les mains seules” technique, and his cross-lingual friendship with Burr Tillstrom.

A project launched in 2008, the PAM, which has been online since 2019 in a so-called ‘laboratory’ form, is now accessible in a stabilised and ergonomic version.
It is aimed at the simply curious, amateurs, professionals and researchers alike.

Emeline Rotolo is writing her doctoral thesis on puppet shows in Paris and Bordeaux in the first half of the 19th century.