Great Success of an Exhibition of Czech Puppets in Korea

The exhibition titled Three Perspectives of Czech Puppet Theatre curated by Nina Malíková and Martina Černá, which provides a brief but representative overview of the rich tradition and varied present of Czech puppet theatre, was first presented to the public at the Performing Arts Market in Seoul in October 2015 as part of the representation of the Czech Republic.

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UNIMA statement towards the arrest of two Spanish puppeteers in Madrid, Spain

We at UNIMA, the world puppet organization and one of the oldest International theatre organisations in the world, have learnt from various sources that the two Spanish puppeteers, Raúl García Pérez and Alfonso Lazaro de la Fuente were arrested, then released without their passeports and their puppets, waiting for their return in court.

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President of Korea visits Prague

On her way back from the environmental summit in Paris, the President of the Korean Republic Ms Park Geun-hye also made a stop in Prague.

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Variety of puppets from the Orient

On Thursday, 5 November, the Moravian Museum in Brno opened an exhibition of Asian puppets from the collection of Helga Brehme, puppeteer and director of the Theater am Faden, Stuttgart.

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The Lamb awarded again

The Lamb Who Fell from the Sky by Naïve Theatre Liberec has received three more awards from its festival tours.

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One Flew Over the Puppeteer’s Nest 2015

From 6–8 November, the 25th year of the Přelet nad loutkářským hnízdem / One Flew Over the Puppeteer’s Nest festival took place.

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Theatralia dedicated to Czech puppetry has been released

The autumn issue of the journal Theatralia (volume 18, 2015, issue 2) is a themed English volume entitled Czech Puppet Theatre in Global Contexts.

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The Labyrinth wins the Theatre Newspaper Prize

Dominika Špalková, Tomáš Žižka a Ondrej Spišák have been selected by the jury of the Theatre Newspaper Prize as winners in the Puppet and Visual Theatre category for the ambitious Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart at DRAK Theatre, Hradec Králové.

The winners were announced on 15 October 2015.

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Czech Puppets in Korea

A presentation of a new exhibition of the Institute of Arts, Czech Puppet Theatre from Three Perspectives, providing a brief but comprehensive overview of the rich past and varied present of Czech puppetry.

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Ostrava comes alive with puppetry

From 4 to 9 October, puppets dominated the city of Ostrava during the 11th biannual international festival Spectaculo interesse organised by the Theatre of Puppets Ostrava. This edition featured artists from three continents and eleven countries – Canada, Israel, France, Spain, Finland, Slovenia, Hungary, Germany, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The festival Grand Prix was awarded to Zigmund Follies by the world-famous Compagnie Philippe Genty.

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