Two fellow actors and puppeteers perform a play about Little Red Riding Hood, in which they face disagreements. What is the correct version of the Little Red Riding Hood story, which roles will each of them play, and how will they reach a compromise amid a sea of ideas? Find out in this play.
The performance was created as a final examination in puppetry in the 3rd year of the undergraduate university programme in acting and puppetry, during the 2024/25 academic year.
The Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek is the only artistic-teaching organisational unit of the University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Osijek. It started operating independently in the academic year 2004/2005 as the Academy of Arts in Osijek. Today, it has six departments. There are several undergraduate university study programmes, including Acting and Puppetry, and Design for Theatre, Film and Television (which includes puppet design and technology). The Academy of Arts and Culture has the only puppetry programme in Croatia (and neighbouring countries). At the Department of Theatre Arts, as part of the Acting and Puppetry study programme, students study both dramatic acting and puppetry and acquire a bachelor’s degree in acting and puppetry. Graduate university programmes include the Puppetry Animation study programme and Puppetry Directing study programme.
The Academy contributes to the cultural and artistic life of the city of Osijek by organizing various cultural and artistic events, such as the festivals Dioniz and Lutkokaz (Dioniz festival and Lutkokaz (an international puppetry revue – a meeting of puppetry academies and young puppeteers).). Acting and puppetry students successfully toured their puppet performances at festivals in the country and abroad (Slovakia, Russia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland and Italy). They are regular guests at PIF, where they showcase their undergraduate and graduate exam productions, new puppetry approaches, and stage performance innovations.
