DAY 1 – FRIDAY
18:00
18:00 | The Little Boy Who Could Bite His Nose
Regina Maria Theatre – Arcadia Company, Oradea, Romania
Author: Alex Moldovan
Artistic director: Selma Dragoș
Choreography: Smaranda Găbudeanu
Puppets: Răzvan Chendrean
Stage design and costumes: Oana Cernea
Music: Adrian Cimpoeșu
Cast: Florian Silaghi; Zentania Lupșe; Igor Lungu; Alexandru Pop; Armanca Serac; Andrei Fazecaș
- duration: 55’
- recommended age: 7+
- language of the show: Romanian
- web link: https://www.teatrulreginamaria.ro/ro/trupa-arcadia/echipa
In fairytale time, a little boy managed to do something quite extraordinary, some would say impossible: he bit his nose. As such an amazing phenomenon, unique in the world, the multiverse and every verse, cannot be kept secret, mum and dad panicked, took advice and concluded that it must be seen by everyone. The doctor consulted, researched and wondered. The influencer taught him everything he needed to know to become a big star. The journalist gave him media coverage. The mayor even gave him an award. Crowds of people turned out curious for the big event. But the grown-ups, each preoccupied with their own business, forgot to ask the child what he really wanted?
A comedy show for children, with an educational side, this time aimed at... parents, "the former to find an ally in their little boy, the latter to learn to become allies of their own children." (Alex Moldovan).
The show comes with an atypical proposal compared to other children's productions: this time it is the parents who have to draw the lessons at the end. The little ones find an ally in the little boy, who presents the story from their perspective, showing how, despite the fact that parents are always well-meaning, they become far too preoccupied with their own conceptions of what the child should be like and unwittingly neglect the child's wishes.
The story is thus built on the contrast between two different dimensions: that of adults and that of children.
19:00
19:00 | Puss in Boots
“Puck” Puppet Theatre, Cluj-Napoca, România
Author: Charles Perrault
Director: Cristian Nedea
Stage design and painting: Elena Ilaș
Puppet design: Florin Marin
Music: Ion Iurcu
Coordonare muzicală: Arona Bogdan
Distribuţie și interpretare muzicală: Ionuț Constantinescu, Ion Iurcu și Iulian Lungu.
- duration: 40’
- recommended age: 3 +
- language of the show: Romanian
- web link: https://teatrulpuck.ro
The classic story is reinterpreted, director Cristian Nedea's proposal respecting the recipe of a love story, but a cat one par excellence.
"For the Puss in Boots, the world is just scenery and people are just a necessary extra. The whole relationship with the master is seen here as a mere tool for the fulfillment of the cat's destiny. And how could it be otherwise when the cat falls in love? Even though it has seven lives, here and now it is all consuming, against a backdrop in which empires are forged or crumble. The story is the story of the cat nation," the director points out.
19:40
19:40 | Water Fairy
Theatre on Wheels, Arad
19:40 | The Witch
Puck Puppet Theatre, Cluj
20:00
20:00 | Troppe Arie
Trioche Company, ItalyAuthor: Trio Trioche, Luca Domenicali și Rita Pelusio
Artistic director: Rita Pelusio
Stage design: Barbara Petrecca
Technical director: Luca Carbone
Cast: Franca Pampaloni, Nicanor Cancellieri, Silvia Laniado
- duration: 40’
- recommended age: all ages
- language of the show: non verbal
- web link: http://www.trioche.com/
An old aunt, with a glorious past in music, turns the stages of theaters all over the world paired with her grandson, a budding talent. So is it a duo?
No, because there is also Norma, the young caregiver of the old aunt, who overwhelms them with her passion for opera, forcing them to abandon the classical repertoire.
The most famous opera arias are interpreted in a bizarre and amusing way, accompanied by the piano, the flute and the thousand objects that Norma will invent to play.
Between classical music and virtuosity, a game of rhythms and gags, Troppe Arie enchants without the help of words, through music and gestures, interacting with the public through a universally recognizable code where the most beautiful opera arias and pieces best known of classical music are interpreted, rearranged and desecrated in an absolutely original way.
21:00
21:00 | Concert
Voltaj Academy, Cluj
18:30
18:30 | A Helping Claw
MiniREACTOR, Cluj, Romania
Author: Carla și Liana Precup
Artistic director: Delia Gavlițchi
Stage design: Tomos Tünde
Puppet design: Tomos Tünde
Music: Adi Cimpoeș
Cast: Ajtai Andreea, Bianco Erdei, Cătălin Filip
- duration: 50’
- recommended age: 6+
- language of the show: Romanian
- web link: https://reactor-cluj.com/program-minireactor/
For Astrid, exam pressure is amplified by a global pandemic, online schooling and isolation at home. All the while, some cats sit lazily in the sun and purr. Others, a little more industrious, hunt for a heat-weary mouse. Our cat, on the other hand, has found a noble purpose in munching on homework, because he wants to know the big wide world! No, there are two purposes. He also wants to give a helping claw to those who listen and are curious to learn more.
If you want to hear Astrid and The Cat’s story about pressure, insecurity and self-confidence, you really must take a look and listen to "A helping claw"!
20:30
20:30 | The Animating Mouse
AnimaArt, Cluj, Romania
Author: Dana Bonțidean
Artistic director: Dana Bonțidean
Stage design: Leonard Vartic
Puppet design: Liviu Bora
Music: Călin Negrea
Cast: Enikő Takács, Catalin Florea, Leonard Viziteu
- duration: 40’
- recommended age: 4+
- language of the show: Romanian
- web link: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100054145045291
An open window revealing the refinement and adaptability of a scenography, built with great care and attention to detail, belonging to a world of parable, gentleness, playfulness; a window from the soul to the soul.
With great dedication, attention and experience, the actors will make you witness the miracle of life; only in this way, aware of the divine gift, we aim to cultivate hope, sensitivity, empathy, ambition, courage and the joy of living.
Locked in the attic of being, of consciousness, of living, of loneliness, not knowing why and until when: we can always have the revelation that we are able to fill it with joy, to bring light into the night, to turn crying into laughter, loneliness into fulfillment, dust into a dance of the stars.
21:30
21:30 | The Wizard of Oz
Ion Creangă Theatre, Bucharest, Romania
Author: L. Frank Baum
Artistic director: Phil Willmott
Stage design: Ioana Colceag
Cast: Andreea Mera, Carmen Palcu, Marius Nănău, Ciprian Niculae, Andreea Gaica, Eduard Petru Jighirgiu, Cosmin Seleși, Voicu Hetel, Valeria Stoian, Nicoleta Rusu, Andra Mirescu
- duration: 80’
- recommended age: 5+
- language of the show: Romanian
- web link: https://www.teatrulioncreanga.ro/
There's no place like home!
"Dorothy is swept away by a hurricane from a small Kansas village and arrives in the magical kingdom of Oz. She makes many wonderful friends and has amazing adventures, but she doesn't give up wishing she could go back to her aunt and uncle.
Most of us are lucky: no matter what challenges and difficulties we overcome every day, we have a place to return to, where we feel comfortable, loved and safe. It's very easy to understand Dorothy's feelings, and we can't help but rejoice when she finally makes it home."
Phil Willmott, director
10:00
10:00 | The adventures of Plüm-Plüm
Puck Puppet Theatre, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Author: José Géal
Artistic director: Varga Ibolya
Scenography and puppets: Hoppál Judit
Music: Lászlóffy Zsolt
Cast: Balogh Dorottya, Giriti Réka, Domokos Szabolcs, Mostis Balázs
- duration: 40’
- recommended age: 3+
- language of the show: Hungarian
The performance presents two extraordinary stories by José Géal, linked by the protagonist Plüm-Plüm. The first tale is a classic one, it features a king, a queen and a dragon, but in the same time, the absurd humour makes it a far from ordinary story. The second tale introduces the strict guardian of silence, Policeman Mustache, who is continuosly upset by the rule-breaker, Pluf the tomcat.
The show is full of exciting twists and turns and will captivate everyone, young and old!
11:00
11:00 | Puss in Boots
“Puck” Puppet Theatre, Cluj-Napoca, România
Author: Charles Perrault
Director: Cristian Nedea
Stage design and painting: Elena Ilaș
Puppet design: Florin Marin
Music: Ion Iurcu
Coordonare muzicală: Arona Bogdan
Distribuţie și interpretare muzicală: Ionuț Constantinescu, Ion Iurcu și Iulian Lungu.
- duration: 40’
- recommended age: 3 +
- language of the show: Romanian
- web link: https://teatrulpuck.ro
The classic story is reinterpreted, director Cristian Nedea's proposal respecting the recipe of a love story, but a cat one par excellence.
"For the Puss in Boots, the world is just scenery and people are just a necessary extra. The whole relationship with the master is seen here as a mere tool for the fulfillment of the cat's destiny. And how could it be otherwise when the cat falls in love? Even though it has seven lives, here and now it is all consuming, against a backdrop in which empires are forged or crumble. The story is the story of the cat nation," the director points out.
DAY 2 – SATURDAY
10:00
10:00 | Păcală
”Luceafărul” Theatre for Children and Youth, Iași, Romania
Author and artistic director: Constantin Brehnescu
Stage design: Viorica Perju
Music: Radu Ștefan
Cast: Paul Sobolevschi, Gabriel Lazăr, Ionela Arvinte, Cristian Gheorghiu, Doina Iarcuczewicz, Iulia Deloiu Trif, Raluca Pintilie, Loredana Luca.
- duration: 1h
- recommended age: 10+
- language of the show: Romanian
- web link: https://luceafarul-theatre.ro/
Entitled Păcală, the show brings to light some of the stories through which the titular character has made his cultural career. The script uses the writings of classic authors (Ion Creanga, Ioan Slavici, Petre Dulfu), filtered through the director's ideas. Păcală was conceived as a dynamic, flexible staging, adaptable to any playing space. The production is aimed at children and adults alike, as beyond the appearance of comical stories lies a consistent underpinning of wisdom.
The purpose of any comedy is not only to entertain by triggering laughter, but also to train or correct skills and character traits. Constantin Brehnescu, the scriptwriter and director of the show, says that "over time, the Romanian people have invented characters that represent their spirituality, that characterize them, portraying them with irony, self-irony and a critical attitude. These characters give the moral note of a people. Păcală is one of the necessary heroes in our popular literature, whom we try to give back to the public as our predecessors saw him. Characters of this type and the morality they invoke are needed now more than ever!"
11:00
11:00 | The Hen or the Egg
„Tăndărică” Animation Theatre, Bucharest
Director: Ioan Brancu
Scenography: Tomoș Tunde
Music: Cari Tibor
Cast: Ioan Brancu, Liliana Gavrilescu, Florin Mititelu, George Simian, Daniela Mihai, Mona Toncu Cristina Țane.
- duration: 50’
- recommended age: 3+
- language of the show: romanian
- Link: https://www.teatrultandarica.ro/
"Which came first, the egg or the chicken? A question that has preoccupied and continues to preoccupy many philosophers throughout the ages. This question has not bothered chickens: they have continued to lay eggs as they have always done. Chickens look for food all day long because they have big families. Roosters still have time to dream. What do roosters dream about? I guess it's not hard to guess. What about chickens? What do they dream about? And so the chickens seem to lead a dream life: they lay eggs, they eat, they go to sleep peacefully and they dream beautifully. Suddenly, a STREET appears in their backyard! The hens are shocked.
They've never seen anything like it. And then, as if on cue, various vehicles start driving down the street. The shock grows, but when the Father of the Machines appears, all-out war breaks out. How much can a chicken take? After all, although it looks silly and stupid, the chicken is a human soul too. And in the end, chickens get to heaven (yes, chickens have their own heaven) without having answered the question that has been nagging at us for ages... Was it the egg? Was it the hen?...", Ioan Brancu, director.
12:00
21:30 | The Wizard of Oz
Ion Creangă Theatre, Bucharest, Romania
Author: L. Frank Baum
Artistic director: Phil Willmott
Stage design: Ioana Colceag
Cast: Andreea Mera, Carmen Palcu, Marius Nănău, Ciprian Niculae, Andreea Gaica, Eduard Petru Jighirgiu, Cosmin Seleși, Voicu Hetel, Valeria Stoian, Nicoleta Rusu, Andra Mirescu
- duration: 80’
- recommended age: 5+
- language of the show: Romanian
- web link: https://www.teatrulioncreanga.ro/
There's no place like home!
"Dorothy is swept away by a hurricane from a small Kansas village and arrives in the magical kingdom of Oz. She makes many wonderful friends and has amazing adventures, but she doesn't give up wishing she could go back to her aunt and uncle.
Most of us are lucky: no matter what challenges and difficulties we overcome every day, we have a place to return to, where we feel comfortable, loved and safe. It's very easy to understand Dorothy's feelings, and we can't help but rejoice when she finally makes it home."
Phil Willmott, director
16:00
16:00 | Water Fairy
Theatre on Wheels, Arad
16:00 | The Witch
Puck Puppet Theatre, Cluj
16:30
16:30 | World Wanderer
Totaal Theatre / Compagnie with Balls, Netherlands
Author: Marjolein Wagter
Scenography: Peter van Valkenhoef
Cast: Marjolein Wagter și Peter van Valkenhoef
- duration: 30’
- recommended age: all ages
- language of the show: English
- web link: https://compagniewithballs.com/
With the world at your feet, World Wanderer is a walking adventure.
At the top of its almost two-meter high globe, it draws the eye, an evocative image that tickles the fancy.
In the vicinity of the globe, exchanges are born between audience and World Wanderer.
Children and adults alike are happy to search the globe for places they have been or want to go.
Around the world in 80 days? World Wanderer takes its audience around the world in 30 minutes!
17:00
17:00 | Flying lessons
TrappTop Flotta, Hungary
Artistic director: Rumi László
Scenography: Rumi László
Cast: Erdei Gergő, Szabó Péter Mátyás și Rumi László
- duration: 40’
- recommended age: all ages
- language of the show: Hungarian
link web: https://trapptop.hu/
This time, the comedians who are passionate about stilt walking choose the bravest kids to play with.
Lots of challenges await the contestants, so the most skilful can take the start of the famous Fleet Flying Car. Please fasten your seatbelt! You can also laugh!
17:40
17:40 | Puppets’ Stage
Teatrul de Animație ,,Țăndărică" București
The "Open Streets" project was initiated in 2020 by the Romanian Association for Culture, Education and Normality (ARCEN) and is intended as a manifesto for the future of the city and an important step towards quality urban life. The aim of the project is to enhance public space, increase safety for pedestrians and cyclists, provide a new perspective of how residents relate to the city and encourage recreational activities in public space.
18:00
18:00 | World Wanderer
Totaal Theatre / Compagnie with Balls, Netherlands
Author: Marjolein Wagter
Scenography: Peter van Valkenhoef
Cast: Marjolein Wagter și Peter van Valkenhoef
- duration: 30’
- recommended age: all ages
- language of the show: English
- web link: https://compagniewithballs.com/
With the world at your feet, World Wanderer is a walking adventure.
At the top of its almost two-meter high globe, it draws the eye, an evocative image that tickles the fancy.
In the vicinity of the globe, exchanges are born between audience and World Wanderer.
Children and adults alike are happy to search the globe for places they have been or want to go.
Around the world in 80 days? World Wanderer takes its audience around the world in 30 minutes!
18:30
18:30 | Bees Concerts
MÉHEK Band, Hungary
Direction and stage design: Csaba Méhes
Cast: Csaba Méhes - voice, percussion, Petra Mikolai - drums, Péter Illyés - guitar, Kristóf Váczi - base, Simai László - trumpet, Béla Koppányi - posan
- duration: 1 h
- recommended age: all ages
- language of the show: Hungarian and English
- web link: http://mehes.hu/
MÉHEK was founded in 1995. Originally started as a street music performance, the two-piece band has meanwhile become and now plays as a full orchestra. Their songs are fresh, sometimes ironic, socially critical and humorous, in a variety of popular music styles, sometimes caricaturing them. MÉHEK is a real party band, offering both a lively soundtrack and an intellectual experience.
19:30
19:30 | World Wanderer
Totaal Theatre / Compagnie with Balls, Netherlands
Author: Marjolein Wagter
Scenography: Peter van Valkenhoef
Cast: Marjolein Wagter și Peter van Valkenhoef
- duration: 30’
- recommended age: all ages
- language of the show: English
- web link: https://compagniewithballs.com/
With the world at your feet, World Wanderer is a walking adventure.
At the top of its almost two-meter high globe, it draws the eye, an evocative image that tickles the fancy.
In the vicinity of the globe, exchanges are born between audience and World Wanderer.
Children and adults alike are happy to search the globe for places they have been or want to go.
Around the world in 80 days? World Wanderer takes its audience around the world in 30 minutes!
20:00
20:00 | The Wizard of Oz
Ion Creangă Theatre, Bucharest, Romania
Author: L. Frank Baum
Artistic director: Phil Willmott
Stage design: Ioana Colceag
Cast: Andreea Mera, Carmen Palcu, Marius Nănău, Ciprian Niculae, Andreea Gaica, Eduard Petru Jighirgiu, Cosmin Seleși, Voicu Hetel, Valeria Stoian, Nicoleta Rusu, Andra Mirescu
- duration: 80’
- recommended age: 5+
- language of the show: Romanian
- web link: https://www.teatrulioncreanga.ro/
There's no place like home!
"Dorothy is swept away by a hurricane from a small Kansas village and arrives in the magical kingdom of Oz. She makes many wonderful friends and has amazing adventures, but she doesn't give up wishing she could go back to her aunt and uncle.
Most of us are lucky: no matter what challenges and difficulties we overcome every day, we have a place to return to, where we feel comfortable, loved and safe. It's very easy to understand Dorothy's feelings, and we can't help but rejoice when she finally makes it home."
Phil Willmott, director
10:30
10:30 | The DaSilva Marionette Circus
Noisy Oyster, UK
Author: DaSilva Theatre Company
Artistic director: Ray DaSilva
Stage design: Nik Palmer
Puppet design: Ray DaSilva
Cast: Nik Palmer și Sarah Rowland-Barker
- duration: 40’
- recommended age: 3+
- language of the show: English
- web link: https://noisyoyster.co.uk/company.html
"Seeing old puppets trapped in glass cages in museums can be a dispiriting business, with all the life gone from them and little to show for their performing past. How much better it is then, to give them a second lease of life by creating a new show in tune with present-day needs. And that is what Noisy Oyster has done by offering a new version of the classic DaSilva circus marionette show. Using the original puppets, which date from the 1960s and 1970s, Nik Palmer and Sarah have created a show which celebrates the past but engages present-day audiences. It's quite unusual these days to see a marionette show, especially one as well-manipulated as this one, touring to small arts centers; and it's all the more welcome when it's a return to performing life for a group of historic and well-traveled puppets." - Chris Abbott for Puppeteers UK
12:30
12:30 | Clown Stories
Theatre on Wheels, Arad
Author: Nuți Dorobanțu, Sorin Dorobanțu
Direction and scenography: Nuți Dorobanțu, Sorin Dorobanțu
Cast: Nuți Dorobanțu, Sorin Dorobanțu
- duration: 40’
- recommended age: toate vârstele
- language of the show: romanian
- Link web: https://teatrulperoti.ro/
Life is a beautiful game that these two clowns enjoy to the fullest. This story-joke or play-story is shared with the audience. The two protagonists will draw you lovingly into the story to remind you that it's only a step to... childhood. All we need is a little courage and playfulness to become children again...
19:00
19:00 | Troppe Arie
Trioche Company, Italy
Author: Trio Trioche, Luca Domenicali și Rita Pelusio
Artistic director: Rita Pelusio
Stage design: Barbara Petrecca
Technical director: Luca Carbone
Cast: Franca Pampaloni, Nicanor Cancellieri, Silvia Laniado
- duration: 40’
- recommended age: all ages
- language of the show: non verbal
- web link: http://www.trioche.com/
An old aunt, with a glorious past in music, turns the stages of theaters all over the world paired with her grandson, a budding talent. So is it a duo?
No, because there is also Norma, the young caregiver of the old aunt, who overwhelms them with her passion for opera, forcing them to abandon the classical repertoire.
The most famous opera arias are interpreted in a bizarre and amusing way, accompanied by the piano, the flute and the thousand objects that Norma will invent to play.
Between classical music and virtuosity, a game of rhythms and gags, Troppe Arie enchants without the help of words, through music and gestures, interacting with the public through a universally recognizable code where the most beautiful opera arias and pieces best known of classical music are interpreted, rearranged and desecrated in an absolutely original way.
19:30
21:00 | Impro show
Improvertiții, Cluj
10:00
10:00 | Little Red Riding Hood
„Spiriduș” Puppet Theatre, Satu Mare
A show by Ana Maria Dachmann
- duration: 30’
- recommended age:: 2+
- language of the show: romanian
- Link web: https://www.facebook.com/Teatrul-de-p%C4%83pu%C8%99i-Spiridu%C8%99-100710435290743
The Storyteller Goblin comes to you with a much-loved, beloved children's story. But do you know how stories begin? Once upon a time... So begins the story of a very cute little girl, Little Red Riding Hood. If you're curious about what will happen to Little Red Riding Hood and how the big bad wolf will be punished, we invite you to see the show presented by the "Spiriduș" Puppet Theatre. It is an educational, interactive show, children are involved in the story, so they live more intensely the actions during the show. Of course, the ending is a happy one, with a number of lessons for the children.
11:30
11:30 | The Little Scientist
Teatrul Magic Puppet, Cluj, România
Magic Puppet, Cluj, Romania
Made by: Silviu Ruști
- duration: 40’
- recommended age: 4+
- language of the show: Romanian
- web link: https://www.facebook.com/puppetmagic
Science is the real magic that can create spectacular things. That's why we invite you to discover the secrets of science with us, to see how amazing it can be. But it takes a lot of scientific energy to make it all work, and let's learn together what the rules are for becoming a Mini Science Man.
19:30
19:30 | Under the strings
KronicoKab, Italy
Artistic director: Nadia Irene Imperio
Stage design: Nadia Irene Imperio
Puppet design: Nadia Irene Imperio
Cast: Nadia Irene Imperio
- duration: 50’
- recommended age: 6+
- language of the show: non verbal with English
- web link: https://www.facebook.com/kronicokab/
Sequence of poetical or comical micro-narrations underlined by music, with a puppeteer acting and singing while interacting with her characters. Nearly all the sketches are visual and played in strong harmony with music, silences and sound effects. Just the character of Nora sings and communicates with the audience.
20:30
20:30 | The Migrant Wolf
“Puck” Puppet Theatre, Cluj-Napoca, România
Author: Patrice Seiler
Director: Radu Dinulescu
Stage design: Patrice Seiler
Puppet design: Florin Marin
Painting: Elena Ilaș
Cast: Adina Ungur, Ionuț Constantinescu.
- duration: 45’
- recommended age: 5 +
- language of the show: Romanian
- web link: https://teatrulpuck.ro
The story of the bad wolf is known by most of us, but this was a long time ago. Meanwhile, the world has changed, the population aged and the youngsters immigrated in order to find jobs...
Then, the iron-toothed monsters with steel blades arrived, and they plucked all the trees, one by one, leaving the ridges empty. Alone, in a deserted land, our hero, The Wolf, gathered his belongings and went into the unknown to try his luck, in another world, in another forest.
The story of the migrant wolf starts like any other migration, with a guide who helps him cross the border - or the sea - and relocates him into another world. What will happen once he arrives there? It is the story of those who seek "the best of the worlds".
DAY 3 – SUNDAY
10:00
10:00 | Town Musicians of Bremen
”Arlechino” Theatre for Children, Brașov, Romania
Artistic director: Eva Labadi
Stage design: Dio Zoltan
Puppet design: Dio Zoltan
Cast: Dobrescu Alexandru, Badea Anca, Zorilă Dan, Mihaly Erika, Negru Cecilia, Iuga Adrian
- duration: 45’
- recommended age: 4+
- language of the show: Romanian
- web link: https://teatrularlechino.ro/
"Town Musicians of Bremen" is a staging of the Grimm Brothers' story, based on its original scenario.
The show is about the long lasting friendship of four animals: a donkey, a dog, a cat, a rooster - very different animals, yet friends. The message to all audiences is a powerful one, about learning to dare to dream, then how to set out to make your dreams come true. Moreover, if along the way, in the realization of your dreams, you have to choose between two things... how to make the right choice to succeed in life.
11:00
11:00 | Flying lessons
TrappTop Flotta, Hungary
Artistic director: Rumi László
Scenography: Rumi László
Cast: Erdei Gergő, Szabó Péter Mátyás și Rumi László
- duration: 40’
- recommended age: all ages
- language of the show: Hungarian
link web: https://trapptop.hu/
This time, the comedians who are passionate about stilt walking choose the bravest kids to play with.
Lots of challenges await the contestants, so the most skilful can take the start of the famous Fleet Flying Car. Please fasten your seatbelt! You can also laugh!
11:30
11:30 | STOP and Look...
Mikropódium Puppet Theatre, Hungary
Artistic direction: Lénárt András
Stage design: Lénárt András
Puppet design: Lénárt András
Cast: Lénárt András
- duration: 20’
- recommended age: all ages
- language of the show: nonverbal
- web link: https://www.facebook.com/mikropodium
The title of the show is STOP and LOOK! I gave it this title because it is a special outdoor performance.
I wanted to create an outdoor show, an intimate show, a piece for those who are sensitive to subtlety, who can pay attention to a different look, a different way of communicating. For those who can stop for a few minutes for such an outdoor outing for a few moments, forgetting the rush, the daily cares...
The show is included in the Register of Values of Heves County and is part of the Hungarian cultural heritage.
12:00
12:00 | Poetic Offal
Cia. Patética, Sao Paolo, Brasil
Artistic director: Fábio Parpinelli
Stage design: Fábio Parpinelli
Cast: Fábio Parpinelli
- duration: 45’
- recommended age: all ages
- language of the show: English
- web link: https://www.patetica.com/
Pockets full of ideas and surprises. Perhaps the biggest of them is an offal: a puppet named “Miúdo”, small only in his size, but giant in his intentions. He invites the audience to participate in this fun interaction.
“Miúdo” stays in the actor’s pocket watching everything around him. The saxophone’s music attracts everyone, immediately transforming the atmosphere. It all starts when the participants draw a surprise card and – according to what is drawn – a gift will be given. It could be a tiny flower, a colorful lollipop, sparklers, and the dancing sound of a little music box or a big tight hug from our little character. The poetic game is cast! There are so many options and opportunities to arouse the most diverse emotions in the public.
In order to finish with great joy, Miúdo still offers a poem – a special reading moment to value writing, orality and what is most essential: sharing feelings in these small moments of personal contact.
16:15
16:45 | Poetic Offal
Cia. Patética, Sao Paolo, Brasil
Artistic director: Fábio Parpinelli
Stage design: Fábio Parpinelli
Cast: Fábio Parpinelli
- duration: 45’
- recommended age: all ages
- language of the show: English
- web link: https://www.patetica.com/
Pockets full of ideas and surprises. Perhaps the biggest of them is an offal: a puppet named “Miúdo”, small only in his size, but giant in his intentions. He invites the audience to participate in this fun interaction.
“Miúdo” stays in the actor’s pocket watching everything around him. The saxophone’s music attracts everyone, immediately transforming the atmosphere. It all starts when the participants draw a surprise card and – according to what is drawn – a gift will be given. It could be a tiny flower, a colorful lollipop, sparklers, and the dancing sound of a little music box or a big tight hug from our little character. The poetic game is cast! There are so many options and opportunities to arouse the most diverse emotions in the public.
In order to finish with great joy, Miúdo still offers a poem – a special reading moment to value writing, orality and what is most essential: sharing feelings in these small moments of personal contact.
17:00
17:00 | The DaSilva Marionette Circus
Noisy Oyster, UK
Author: DaSilva Theatre Company
Artistic director: Ray DaSilva
Stage design: Nik Palmer
Puppet design: Ray DaSilva
Cast: Nik Palmer și Sarah Rowland-Barker
- duration: 40’
- recommended age: 3+
- language of the show: English
- web link: https://noisyoyster.co.uk/company.html
"Seeing old puppets trapped in glass cages in museums can be a dispiriting business, with all the life gone from them and little to show for their performing past. How much better it is then, to give them a second lease of life by creating a new show in tune with present-day needs. And that is what Noisy Oyster has done by offering a new version of the classic DaSilva circus marionette show. Using the original puppets, which date from the 1960s and 1970s, Nik Palmer and Sarah have created a show which celebrates the past but engages present-day audiences. It's quite unusual these days to see a marionette show, especially one as well-manipulated as this one, touring to small arts centers; and it's all the more welcome when it's a return to performing life for a group of historic and well-traveled puppets." - Chris Abbott for Puppeteers UK
17:40
17:40 | Water Fairy
Theatre on Wheels, Arad
17:40 | The Witch
Puck Puppet Theatre, Cluj
18:00
18:00 | The Hen or the Egg
„Tăndărică” Animation Theatre, Bucharest
Director: Ioan Brancu
Scenography: Tomoș Tunde
Music: Cari Tibor
Cast: Ioan Brancu, Liliana Gavrilescu, Florin Mititelu, George Simian, Daniela Mihai, Mona Toncu Cristina Țane.
- duration: 50’
- recommended age: 3+
- language of the show: romanian
- Link: https://www.teatrultandarica.ro/
"Which came first, the egg or the chicken? A question that has preoccupied and continues to preoccupy many philosophers throughout the ages. This question has not bothered chickens: they have continued to lay eggs as they have always done. Chickens look for food all day long because they have big families. Roosters still have time to dream. What do roosters dream about? I guess it's not hard to guess. What about chickens? What do they dream about? And so the chickens seem to lead a dream life: they lay eggs, they eat, they go to sleep peacefully and they dream beautifully. Suddenly, a STREET appears in their backyard! The hens are shocked.
They've never seen anything like it. And then, as if on cue, various vehicles start driving down the street. The shock grows, but when the Father of the Machines appears, all-out war breaks out. How much can a chicken take? After all, although it looks silly and stupid, the chicken is a human soul too. And in the end, chickens get to heaven (yes, chickens have their own heaven) without having answered the question that has been nagging at us for ages... Was it the egg? Was it the hen?...", Ioan Brancu, director.
19:00
19:00 | The Right Side
Teatrul Municipal de Păpuși ,,Guguță”, Chișinău, Moldova
“Guguță” Puppet Theatre, Chișinău, Moldova
Author: Nicolae Rusu
Artistic director: Gabriela Lungu
Stage design: Brovcenco Silvia
Music: Ilie Văluță
Coreography: Gabriela Lungu
Cast: Lungu Gabriela, Buhnă Ala, Săli Alexandru
- duration: 45’
- recommended age: 3+
- language of the show: Romanian
- web link: http://www.gugutateatru.md/
If a good state for me is a bad state for you, and a positive resolution for you is a negative resolution for me, how can you reconcile two irreconcilable attitudes so that everyone is reconciled? The consensus of this seemingly unattainable dilemma tries to find the characters in Nicolae Rusu's new play "The Right Side".
20:00
20:00 | Concert - Music heals
Rock Academy Cluj
10:00
10:00 | Gulyás Terka, or He Who Doesn't Like Muesli Can't Be a Bad Person
Mikropódium Puppet Theatre, Hungary
Artistic direction: Lénárt András, Aracs Eszter
Stage design: Lénárt András, Aracs Eszter
Puppet design: Lénárt András, Aracs Eszter
Cast: Aracs Eszter
- duration: 40’
- recommended age: all ages
- language of the show: Hungarian
- web link: https://www.facebook.com/mikropodium
The show, performed on a small stage, is energetic and humorous, typical of fairground puppet theatre, seeking justice and punishing the wicked, with a new protagonist, GULYÁS TERKA.
The heroes of the fairground puppet shows are László the Wise, Hansel and Gretel, Paprikajancsi, or the foreigners Pulchinella, Mr. Punch and Petrushka.
It is a WORLD SENSE that the main character in this show is a WOMAN!
She knows everything her famous predecessors know, but looks at the world with a woman's eye. She would like to cook a good goulash soup for the children, but the devils - János Müzli, Béla Zabpehely, Péter Popkorn or Aladár Megdonáldsz - are all too busy to cook a goulash for the children and want to steal the soup and take it to hell. Of course, Terka will not let that happen, she pulls out her wooden spoon and makes a big pot of soup and heroically takes care of the soup.
11:30
11:30 | Puppets’ Stage
„Tăndărică” Animation Theatre, Bucharest
The "Open Streets" project was initiated in 2020 by the Romanian Association for Culture, Education and Normality (ARCEN) and is intended as a manifesto for the future of the city and an important step towards quality urban life. The aim of the project is to enhance public space, increase safety for pedestrians and cyclists, provide a new perspective of how residents relate to the city and encourage recreational activities in public space.
16:30
16:30 | Hanging by a Thread
Di Filippo Marionette, Italy
Author: Di Filippo Marionette
Artistic direction: Remo di Filippo
Stage design: Remo di Filippo
Puppet design: Di Filippo Marionette
Cast: Rhoda Lopez, Remo di Filippo
- duration: 40’
- recommended age: all ages
- language of the show: nonverbal
- web link: https://difilippomarionette.com/
Puppet show full of poetry and fun, perfect for all ages: “They enchant children and make adults dream”.
The puppets are alive, alive in the sense of being able to convey emotions!
Wordless cabaret style show where each character has their own story that is told through movement, music, live singing and interaction with the actors-puppeteers.
“Time is life,
and life lives in the heart “
18:30
18:30 | The adventures of Plüm-Plüm
Puck Puppet Theatre, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Author: José Géal
Artistic director: Varga Ibolya
Scenography and puppets: Hoppál Judit
Music: Lászlóffy Zsolt
Cast: Balogh Dorottya, Giriti Réka, Domokos Szabolcs, Mostis Balázs
- duration: 40’
- recommended age: 3+
- language of the show: Hungarian
The performance presents two extraordinary stories by José Géal, linked by the protagonist Plüm-Plüm. The first tale is a classic one, it features a king, a queen and a dragon, but in the same time, the absurd humour makes it a far from ordinary story. The second tale introduces the strict guardian of silence, Policeman Mustache, who is continuosly upset by the rule-breaker, Pluf the tomcat.
The show is full of exciting twists and turns and will captivate everyone, young and old!
10:00
10:00 | Under the strings
KronicoKab, Italy
Artistic director: Nadia Irene Imperio
Stage design: Nadia Irene Imperio
Puppet design: Nadia Irene Imperio
Cast: Nadia Irene Imperio
- duration: 50’
- recommended age: 6+
- language of the show: non verbal with English
- web link: https://www.facebook.com/kronicokab/
Sequence of poetical or comical micro-narrations underlined by music, with a puppeteer acting and singing while interacting with her characters. Nearly all the sketches are visual and played in strong harmony with music, silences and sound effects. Just the character of Nora sings and communicates with the audience.
12:00
12:00 | The Two-Coins Bag
„Spiriduș” Puppet Theatre, Satu Mare
A show by Ana Maria Dachmann
- duration: 30’
- recommended age:: 2+
- language of the show: romanian
- Link web: https://www.facebook.com/Teatrul-de-p%C4%83pu%C8%99i-Spiridu%C8%99-100710435290743
Dear friends, we are looking forward to a new story of the leprechaun. Do you know this song, dear children? Cucuriguuu, you big boys! Give me your little purse! In which story have you heard this song? Want to be the rooster's friend? Do you want to accompany the rooster on his adventure? If so, we invite you to a new show lovingly presented by the "Spiriduș" Puppet Theatre, a cute, funny, educational and interactive show.
Dragi prieteni spectatori, vă așteptăm cu mic, cu mare, la o nouă poveste a spiridușului. Cunoașteți acest cântecel, dragi copii? Cucuriguuu, boieri mari! Dați punguța cu doi bani! Oare în care poveste ați auzit acest cântecel? În povestea „Punguța cu doi bani”, o poveste scrisă de Ion Creangă. Vreți să vedeți ce a pățit cocoșul? Vreți să-l ajutați pe cocoș să primească punguța înapoi? Vreți să fiți prietenii cocoșului? Vreți să-l însoțiți pe cocoș în aventura lui? Dacă da, vă invităm la un nou spectacol prezentat cu drag de Teatrul de Păpuși „Spiriduș”, un spectacol drăguț, haios, educativ și interactiv.
17:00
17:00 | STOP and Look...
Mikropódium Puppet Theatre, Hungary
Artistic direction: Lénárt András
Stage design: Lénárt András
Puppet design: Lénárt András
Cast: Lénárt András
- duration: 20’
- recommended age: all ages
- language of the show: nonverbal
- web link: https://www.facebook.com/mikropodium
The title of the show is STOP and LOOK! I gave it this title because it is a special outdoor performance.
I wanted to create an outdoor show, an intimate show, a piece for those who are sensitive to subtlety, who can pay attention to a different look, a different way of communicating. For those who can stop for a few minutes for such an outdoor outing for a few moments, forgetting the rush, the daily cares...
The show is included in the Register of Values of Heves County and is part of the Hungarian cultural heritage.
18:00
18:00 | The King’s Chef
Magic Puppet, Cluj, Romania
Artistic director: Florin Suciu and Silviu Ruști
Stage design: Florin Suciu
Puppet design: Florin Suciu
Cast: Bogdan Gontineac, Dragoș Lupău
- duration: 45’
- recommended age: 4+
- language of the show: Romanian
- web link: https://www.facebook.com/puppetmagic
What happens when the kitchen is turned upside down by the new queen's unruly culinary demands? Magic Puppet invites you to an interactive show of puppet theatre, magic and science experiments where we learn that only by combining the old chef's skill and the new kitchen helper's innovation will we be able to fulfill the new Queen's wishes. Because the best solution is teamwork.