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The FMTM is getting organized and it’s time to constitute the teams!
Welcoming artists, guiding the public, serving at the bar or the store, selling tickets, transporting companies…
Take part in the adventure as a volunteer!

PREAC: Resource Poles for Artistic and Cultural Education.
It is a training organized by the International Puppet Institute and the World Festival of Puppet Theatres, aimed at education and culture staff.
From 14 to 16 December 2022
Free on application

The French Institute in India announces the opening of the Villa Swagatam applications, a network of 16 residences spread throughout India and designed to attract the best of French creation.

A semester of puppet shows in Charleville-Mézières, accessible to young and old, to amateurs and enthusiasts, from January to July 2023. The gathering of the programs of the International Institute of Puppetry and the World Festival of Puppet Theaters. Check out the program!

Découvrez chaque jour en avant-première un artiste programmé lors de la prochaine édition du Festival Mondial.

Philippe Choulet, agrégé de philosophie, succède à Jean-Pierre Lescot à la présidence de l’association organisatrice du Festival, Les Petits Comédiens de Chiffons.

Rapprochement of the World Festival of Puppets Theaters and the International Institute of Puppetry

The next World Festival of Puppet Theaters, the largest gathering of puppeteers in the world, will take place in Charleville-Mézières from 16 to 24 September 2023.

A puppet highlight during the inter-festival years, from September 14 to 18, 2022. During 5 days, 15 artistic teams will present their work, at the forefront of the world and national creation.

In the global technical civilization, formed by so many particular cultures and threatened by its conflicts, the theater is – I firmly believe – the builder of hope and a magnifying glass through which one glimpses the future. Not because it would show the world better than it really is, but because it gives hope […]