PUPPETS ON THE BIG SCREEN – Screening of animated films from the 15 th VAFI&RAFI FESTIVAL
Monday, September, 16th; Cultural Centre Travno, south side; cca 60 minutes; The VAFI festival was launched in 2010 due to the lack of specialised festivals for children and young people that take the creation of animated films seriously. RAFI had its first edition in 2018, when the festival was co-organised with Art-kino. The jubilee 15th […]
PUPPET, MASK…PIF*, the opening of the exhibition
Opening of the exhibition PUPPET, MASK… PIF*, 12th art competition for children The art competition of the same name, which aims to encourage children’s creativity, desire to create, play theater and puppetry, was announced for the eleventh time this year. The competition is intended for children up to the age of four. Bearing in mind […]
WE ARE ALIKE, the Puppetry Studio of the Zagreb Youth Theatre
Saturday, September 14th; Zagreb Youth Theatre; 10+; 50 minutes, nonverbal The children put larval masks from the theatre’s fund on their faces and magic ensued. Without words, everything was clear. However, this mask is very demanding, requiring precise performance, great concentration, and physical endurance. The first creation was the exercise performance called miseducation. The theme […]
LiLa – THE PUPPETRY ORGANISATION WE REALLY NEED – LOFT
Wednesday, September, 18th; plateau of the Mamutica building; 18.00 h; 40 minutes; 4+; nonverbal Non-verbal puppet clown show The play LiLa was co-produced by the Puppetry Organisation We Really Need (LOFT) from Zagreb and the CLOU Art Organisation from Rijeka. It is based on Nina Sabo’s picture book of the same name, which tells the […]
YOU ARE NOT LIKE US, Jovan Račić Elementary School’s puppetry group
Wednesday, September 18th; 17.15 h; Plateau of the Mamutica Building; for children; 7 minutes; in Croatian The performance talks about accepting the differences of others, through a metaphor and a game with geometric figures.
VILJO WENT TO THE SHOP
Saturday, September 14th; Music Pavilion Zrinjevac; 18.00 h; 30 minutes; 2+; in Croatian Viljo, the little hero of the play, is a charming puppy who tells a gentle and encouraging story of seemingly ordinary everyday life. Viljo goes through experiences for the first time, those which are tantamount to science fiction for children: how to […]
L-O-V-E, PP☆THEATRE, THEATRE FOR ONE, JAPAN
Wednesday, September18th; 17.00 – 18.00 h; 3 minutes; non-verbal How does the caterpillar boy’s love end? This program is very popular among young and old. This is a one-on-one performance style between a puppeteer and the audience. It was created for the audience to experience how fun the puppet shows are! This kind of performance […]
IT’S A SECRET!, PP☆THEATRE, THEATRE FOR ONE, JAPAN
Sunday, September 15th; Zrinjevac Music Pavillion; 18.00 – 19.00 h; What can help a little tree Nut Fairy that has fallen into a tree hole? This is a one-on-one performance style between a puppeteer and the audience. It was created for the audience to experience how fun the puppet shows are! This kind of performance […]
HEDGEHOG’S HOME, Cukarin Puppetry Group, Our Children Association, Blato
Saturday, September 14th; 17.00 h; Zrinjevac Music Pavilion; for children and adults; 25 minutes; in Croatian Everyone in the forest knows a hardworking, humble, brave hedgehog who loves his home above all else. One day, the fox Mica invited him to a feast. After a plentiful lunch, the hedgehog thanked her for the hospitality and […]
THE THREADS OF LIFE, Puppetry workshop for techers
Saturday, September 14th; 16.00 h; park in front of the Cultural Centre Travno; for teachers The mysterious marionette, the most complex puppet, has captured attention on the theatre stages for over one hundred years. Always in the mood for gracious and perky playfulness, which the strings enable more than hinder, conjured up in the richest […]
