Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes

19>28 sept. 2025

23rd edition

Charleville-Mézières, the world capital of puppetry, will host the 23rd edition of its World Festival of Puppet Theaters from September 19 to 28, 2025. Created by Jacques Félix in 1961 and directed since 2020 by Pierre-Yves Charlois, the Festival has established itself throughout the world as a major meeting place for artists and those interested in this art.

Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes

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07/10/2024

Muppet workshop

During the All Saints’ holidays, sign your child up for a workshop on building and handling paper muppets!

October, 21 to23, 2024
9:30am to 12pm or from 2pm to 4:30pm
24/06/2024

Temps d’M 2024

Reunion and emotions

Temps d’M came to a close after 5 days of celebrating the puppetry arts in Charleville-Mézières: what an edition!

A moving and joyous reunion for all the graduates of the 13 graduating classes of the Ecole nationale supérieure des arts de la marionnette de Charleville-Mézières, honoured at Temps d’M…
20/06/2024

PREAC n°7

PRÉACs are Resource Centres for Artistic and Cultural Education.
They provide training for education, culture, children’s and young people’s staff.
7th PREAC: from 19 to 22 November 2024

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The FMTM 23 in pictures

86 companies (44 French, 6 Franco-foreign, 36 international), 25 countries, 452 performances, 18 world premieres, 19 French premieres, 22 FMTM co-productions, 43 newcomers… Discover the program for the 22nd edition of the Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes, based on the themes “Présences invisibles”, “(Des)humains”, “Sur les frontières du genre”, “Passeurs d’histoires”, “Combattantes” and a focus on South Korea.

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